Watch List notes:

LUCANIA. Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.77 g, 2 h). Head of Demeter to left, wearing wreath of barley ears, pendant earring and pearl necklace. Rev. META Ear of barley with leaf to right; to left, kerykeion above ΛY. Johnston Class A, 1.5. HN Italy 1556. A lustrous and attractive coin. Light die break on the obverse and some minor roughness, otherwise, extremely fine.


From an important collection of coins from Magna Graecia and Punic Sicily, formed in the 1990s and early 2000s.