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Long Beach Signature Sale 3057 7-8 Sep 2017
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LUCANIA. Metapontum. Ca. 540-510 BC. AR stater or nomos (28mm, 8.24 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. MET (downward, on left), seven-grained barley ear with bracts at base; dotted border / As obverse, incuse and reversed. Noe Class I, 12. HN Italy 1459. A highly pleasing example of this unusual coinage, struck on a broad, round flan and lightly toned.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1800 USD
LUCANIA. Metapontum. Ca. 540-510 BC. AR stater or nomos (28mm, 8.24 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. MET (downward, on left), seven-grained barley ear with bracts at base; dotted border / As obverse, incuse and reversed. Noe Class I, 12. HN Italy 1459. A highly pleasing example of this unusual coinage, struck on a broad, round flan and lightly toned.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1200-1800 USD