Lucania, Metapontum. Stater; Lucania, Metapontum; 530-510 BC, Stater, 8.24g. Noe-25 (same dies), cf. Sear-235. Obv: Eight-grained barley ear, with a pair of small folioles at its base; MET downwards in l. field. Rx: Barley ear, incuse. A stater of Noe's Class I, with a pair of folioles or bracts at the base of the barley ear on obverse, which appear only on coins of this class.Extremely sharp and pleasant. Small planchet irregularity on lower right . EF
Estimate: $2000