Triton XVII, Lot: 14. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 470-440 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 7.98 g, 12h). Ear of barley with seven grains; ram’s head upward in left field, retrograde META up right field / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. Noe Class X, 222 (same dies); HN Italy 1485; SNG ANS 245 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 313 (same dies). Good VF, toned. Great metal.

Ex Gemini III (9 January 2007), lot 34.