Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 31. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (8.14 gm, 12h). ME-TA, ear of barley with seven grains / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. Noe 92 (same dies); SNG ANS 198 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1160; HN Italy 1470; SNG Lockett 366 (same dies). EF, attractive iridescent toning, well-proportioned flan. ($2500)