Triton XVIII, Lot: 322. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Third Nomos (18.5mm, 2.67 g, 12h). Ear of barley with seven grains / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. Noe Class I, – (unlisted without ethnic); Gorini 5 var. (with ethnic); HN Italy 1460; SNG ANS 174–7 var. (same); SNG Lloyd 294 var. (same); M&M AG 77, lot 7; M&M GmbH 4, lot 14 = M&M AG FPL 216, 6. Superb EF, dark iridescent tone, a little die wear on obverse. Extremely rare variety without ethnic.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Tkalec (23 October 1998), lot 7.