LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.73 g, 5h). Obverse die signed by the engraver Aristoxenos.

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Lot: 25. Estimated: $ 750

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.73 g, 5h). Obverse die signed by the engraver Aristoxenos. Head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears; barley grain to left, API on neck truncation / Grain ear with leaf to left; META upward on right. Noe 440 (same dies); HN Italy 1522; SNG Lloyd 347 (same dies); Hunt IV 30 (this coin). Old collection tone, flan flaw on reverse. VF. Clear signature.

Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, 19 June 1991), lot 30.

K. Rutter, in HN Italy, noted that "[t]he dies signed by Aristoxenos are among the finest in the whole Metapontine series."

The final winners of all Triton XXV lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 11-12 January 2022. Triton XXV – Session One – Greek Coinage (Part 1) will be held Tuesday morning, 11 January 2022 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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