CNG 94, Lot: 40. Estimate $500. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (25mm, 7.86 g, 5h). Wreathed head of Demeter left; ΔI to right / Grain ear with leaf to right; distaff above leaf. Johnston Class D, 1.1 (same dies); HN Italy 1612; SNG ANS 506 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 776 (same dies). Good VF, toned, die break and a little die rust on obverse.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex Ponterio 117 (18 January 2002), lot 191.