Watch List notes:

LUCANIA. Metapontum. Circa 290-280 BC. Didrachm or nomos (Silver, 19 mm, 7.96 g, 9 h). Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, triple pendant earring and pearl necklace; in field to left, arm with open hand. Rev. ΜΕΤΑ Barley ear with leaf to right; on leaf, sphinx kneeling to right. HN III 1615. Johnston D5.5. An extremely rare late variety. Very nicely toned and with very unusual symbols. Minor flan break, otherwise, extremely fine.
From a Swiss collection, and from the German B. in B. Collection, Nomos 8, 22 October 2013, 31, acquired from F. Sternberg in the 1970s.