Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 670. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (8.18 g, 12h). ME-TA, ear of barley with seven grains / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. Noe 89 (same obv. die); SNG ANS 195 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 1160 (same obv. die); HN Italy 1470. Good VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die, slight double-strike on reverse. ($1500)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.