LUCANIA, Metapontion. Punic occupation. Circa 215-207 BC. AR Half Shekel – Drachm (19mm, 3.70 g, 5h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthan helmet and necklace / Barley ear with leaf to right; above leaf, owl standing right, head facing, with wings spread; META to left. Robinson,
Second, p. 50, 3; HN Italy 1634. Lightly toned, underlying luster, minor double strike and small spot of weak strike on reverse. Near EF.
Ex Wild Rose Collection, purchased from John Jencek (inv. G797), June 2002; Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 433.
