Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 26. Estimate CHF2500. Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013. Sold For CHF3400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LUCANIA, Metapontum. Circa 330-290 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 18mm, 7.96 g 10). Head of Demeter to left, wearing grain wreath, triple pendant earring and pearl necklace.
Rev. ΜΕΤΑ Ear of barley with leaf to left; to left above leaf, fork or rake; below leaf, ΔΑ. HN III 1582. Johnston C5.12. A lovely, sharply struck and beautifully toned example. Extremely fine.
From the B. in B. Collection, ex Sternberg XX, 20 April 1988, 102 .