Rare Second Punic War Issue

CNG 102, Lot: 57. Estimate $1000. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Punic occupation. Circa 215-207 BC. AR Quarter Shekel (15.5mm, 1.49 g, 3h). Wreathed head of Demeter right / Two barley ears; crossed torch to right. Robinson, Second, pl. VI, 9; HN Italy 1636. EF, lustrous, typical hairline flan crack.

From the M. A. Armstrong Collection.