Watch List notes:

Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. Circa 290-280 BC. Head of Demeter right wearing grain wreath, triple-drop earring and necklace / Ear of barley with leaf to right, two amphorae to right with star above, ΦΙ in lower right field, META to left. Johnston Class D, 4.16 (same dies); SNG ANS 517; HN Italy 1625. 7.80g, 21mm, 7h.

Extremely Fine; wonderful old cabinet tone with iridescent highlights over lustrous metal.

Ex LHS Numismatik AG, Auction 100, 23 April 2007, lot 122 (hammer: CHF 2,500).