Watch List notes:

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 440-430 BC. AR Nomos (24mm, 7.76 g, 7h). Ear of barley with seven grains; META up left field / Apollo, nude, standing facing, head left, holding small laurel tree in right hand and bow in left. Noe 316 (same dies); HN Italy 1496; BMC 46 (same dies); de Luynes 465 (same dies); Gillet 135 (same obv. die); Kraay & Hirmer 232. Good VF, toned, some porosity. Rare.


From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1243.