Exquisite Zeus

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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.85 g, 7h). Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath; thunderbolt to left / Barley ear with leaf to right; METAΠON upward to left, poppy and KAΛ above leaf. Johnston Class A, 6.2 (same dies); HN Italy 1558; SNG ANS 412. Lightly toned, minor die wear. Near EF. Very rare. Struck from an obverse die of exquisite style.