447, Lot: 8. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.42 g, 12h). Ear of barley with four grains / Incuse ear of barley with four grains. Noe Class III, 65; HN Italy 1469. Toned, compact flan. VF.

From the Rye Collection. Ex Hesperia Art Bulletin XXIV (undated), no. 2.