Watch List notes:

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (18.5mm, 7.86 g, 6h). Head of Demeter left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; [X]ƎΔ below chin / Barley grain with leaf to left; lit altar above leaf, [ΛY to right of stem], ATƎ[M] to right. Johnston Class C, 10.4 = SNG ANS 503 (same dies); HN Italy 1593; SNG Lloyd –; SNG Lockett 424 var. (ethnic); Dewing –; Gillet –. EF, deep cabinet tone, tiny die break on obverse. Rare.


Ex Rockefeller University/Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky Collection (Gemini VII, 9 January 2011), lot 212.