CNG 103, Lot: 36. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (28mm, 7.93 g, 12h). Barley ear of eight grains / Incuse barley ear of eight grains. Noe Class I, 1d; HN Italy 1459. Good VF, iridescent tone, minor porosity, struck from worn obverse die.

From the M. A. Armstrong Collection.