328, Lot: 26. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.76 g, 3h). Laureate head of Zeus right / Barley ear with leaf to left; crouching Silenos above leaf, Δ below. Johnston Class A, 2.2 (same dies); SNG ANS 451 (same obv. die); SNG München 988 (same dies); HN Italy 1557. VF, toned with light green deposits, test cut on each side. Very rare issue with head of Zeus. Only three recorded by Johnston, two of which are in museums (in Munich and New York).

Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 140.