CNG 88, Lot: 15. Estimate $750. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (26mm, 7.51 g, 12h). Ear of barley with seven grains; METAΠ down left field / Incuse ear of barley with seven grains. Noe 139 (same dies); HN Italy 1481; SNG ANS 218 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 305 (same dies); Pozzi 158 (same dies). Good VF, toned, scratches under tone, a couple tiny nicks in fields.

Ex Leu FPL (Summer 1992), no. 115.