CNG 91, Lot: 51. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (27mm, 8.04 g, 12h). Ear of barley with eight grains; MET downward on left / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains; MET upward on right. Noe 23 (same obv. die); HN Italy 1459. VF, a few minor flan flaws. From the first series of coinage at Metapontion.

Ex Lanz 22 (10 May 1982), lot 29.