LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (30.5mm, 8.14 g, 12h). Ear of barley with eight grains; MET up right field, pellets on raised circular border / Incuse ear of barley with nine grains; rayed border. Noe Class III, 57 (same dies); HN Italy 1459; SNG ANS 185–6. EF, attractive deep iridescent tone, light scratch in field on obverse. Sharply struck.