Watch List notes:

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 470-440 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 8.15 g, 6h). Ear of barley with six grains; retrograde META up right field / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. Noe Class XI, 234 (same dies); HN Italy 1484; SNG ANS 251-251A (same dies); Bement 160 (same dies); De Luynes 455, 458, and 460 (same dies). EF, toned, area of soft strike. Excellent metal.


Ex W. Froehner Collection (R. Ratto, 13 May 1912), lot 234.