CNG 100, Lot: 1245. Estimate $3000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.93 g, 6h). Head of Demeter left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; [ΔΩPI below chin] / Barley grain with leaf to left; to left, pitchfork above leaf, ΔA below; META to right. Johnston Class C, 5.1 = SNG ANS 452 (same dies); HN Italy 1582; SNG Manchester 215 (same dies); Gillet 197 (same dies); Pozzi 189. Superb EF, attractive light gray tone with light iridescence around the devices.

Ex Vinchon (23 April 1990), lot 9.