LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (22.5mm, 7.95 g, 4h). Head of Demeter left, wearing wreath of grain ears, single-pendant earring and pearl necklace; K to right / Barley ear with leaf to right; spindle above leaf, META upward to left. Johnston Class D, 1.4 (same dies as illustration); HN Italy 1612; SNG Fitzwilliam 507 (same dies). Lightly toned, underlying luster, small area of weak strike on obverse, small die break on reverse. Near EF.
Ex Alde (19 October 2016), lot 10.
