LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.92 g, 4h). Choice EF.

CNG Feature Auction 126
Lot: 28.
Closing Date: May 29 2024 11:00 ET

Greek, Silver

Estimate: $ 7 500

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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.92 g, 4h). Head of Demeter facing slightly right, wearing grain ear wreath, triple-pendant earrings, and necklace; tiny AΠ to lower right / Barley ear with leaf to right; META upward to left, facing bull’s head above leaf, AΘA below. Johnston Class C, 2.2 (same dies); HN Italy 1584; SNG ANS 463–4 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 503 (same dies); SNG München 992 (same dies); Dewing 388 (same dies). Attractive even gray tone with light golden hues around the devices, and underlying luster. Choice EF. Excellent metal and well struck from dies by the hand of a master engraver.

From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex J. L. Gomer Collection (Triton XXI, 9 January 2018), lot 317; Tkalec (28 October 1994), lot 24.


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