Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. Circa 290-280 BC. Diademed head of Herakles right, lion skin tied around neck; club over shoulder / Barley ear of eleven grains, META and leaf to right; kantharos above leaf, B[...] below. Johnston Class D, 4.3; HN Italy 1621; SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd -; Kraay & Hirmer 248. 7.70g, 19mm, 8h.
About Extremely Fine. Very Rare, these dies not recorded by Johnston. Superb late classical style.
From the Mark Gibbons Collection;
Ex Triton XIII, 5 January 2010, lot 23;
Ex Leu 65, 21 May 1996, lot 54.