219, Lot: 87. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Lot of Eight (8) AR Nomoi. Includes:
1) Circa 340-330 BC. Head of Demeter right;; [Φ] below chin / Barley ear, leaf to left; mouse above leaf, Φ below leaf. HN Italy 1569 //
2) Similar, but [AΠO?] below chin. HN Italy 1570 //
3) Circa 330-290 BC. Head of Demeter right; [ΔAI] below chin / Barley ear, leaf to right; plow above leaf, MA[X] below leaf. HN Italy 1581 //
4) Same //
5) Same //
6) Same, but letters on obverse faintly visible //
7) Same //
8) Circa 330-290 BC. Head of Demeter right; Ξ behind / Barley ear, leaf to right; filleted bucranium above leaf, M[AX] below leaf. HN Italy 1580. Fine to VF condition, some roughness and centering issues.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Coins 3 an 7 ex UBS 59 (27 January 2004), lot 5179 (part of). Coins 4, 5 and 6 ex Numismatic Ars Classica Autumn Sale (26 October 1995), lot 945 (part of).