Watch List notes:

LUCANIA. Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.85 g, 11 h). Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of barley ears and pearl necklace; behind, Π. Rev. META Ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, head of a ram; between leaf and ear, ՒA. HN Italy 1617. Johnston Class D, 3.1 (same dies). A lovely, fresh and lightly toned piece. Very light doubling on the reverse, otherwise, virtually as struck.


From an American collection, formed in the 1980s and 1990s.