CNG 99, Lot: 8. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (29mm, 8.05 g, 12h). Ear of barley with eight grains; MET downward to left / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. Noe Class I, 22 (same obv. die); HN Italy 1459. VF, toned, minor roughness.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.