LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.93 g, 11h).

Triton XXV
Lot: 28. Estimated: $ 7 500

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 6 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.93 g, 11h). Head of Demeter left, wearing wreath of grain ears; ΔI to right / Barley ear with leaf to right; spindle above leaf. Johnston Class D, 1.2 (same dies as illustration); HN Italy 1612; SNG ANS 507 (same obv. die); SNG Ashmolean 776 (same obv. die). Toned, with iridescence around the devices, trace deposits, light hairlines, minor die rust on obverse. Near EF.

Ex Belser Collection (Nomos 21, 21 November 2020), lot 43. Includes an old German inventory ticket numbered “IA 946.”.


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