CNG 111, Lot: 29. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. Fourrée Nomos (20.5mm, 6.73 g, 4h). Head of Demeter right, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace / Barley ear with leaf to right at base; METAΠ[O] up left field, poppy and KAΛ above leaf. Noe 542 (same dies); cf. HN Italy 1530; Hirsch 162 (same dies). Good VF, dark iridescent tone, plating broken in spots, light graffiti on reverse. Rare as a fourrée.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 22 (24 May 2007), lot 1203.