Triton XX, Lot: 24. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (27.5mm, 8.12 g, 12h). Ear of barley with seven grains; METAΠ down left field / Incuse ear of barley with seven grains. Noe Class VII, 137 (same dies); HN Italy 1481; SNG ANS 218; SNG Lloyd 305; BMC 12 (same dies). Near EF, attractively toned. Rare legend variant.

Ex Stack’s (9 December 1991), lot 106.