Sale: Triton V, Lot: 68. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion . Circa 300-250 BC. Æ 13mm (2.27 gm). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet / M-E, three barley grains arranged in a circle; cross-torch. Johnston, "The Bronze Coinage of Metapontum," in Kraay/Mørkholm Essays, 50; SNG ANS 581-582; BMC Italy -; SNG Copenhagen 1265; SNG Morcom 289; Laffaille 51. EF, choice, glossy dark brown patina, very minor encrustation. Exceptional style. ($250)