CNG 111, Lot: 16. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Sixteenth Nomos – Obol (10mm, 0.47 g, 12h). Ear of barley with six grains; no ethnic / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. Noe Class I, 36; HN Italy 1462. VF, toned. Well centered. Rare early fraction.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (18 December 2007), lot 28.