GREEK COINS. LUCANIA.
METAPONTUM. Nomos, about 290-280 BC. AR 7.58 g. Head of Demeter r., wearing barley wreath, ear pendant and necklace, long hair falling down neck. Rev. META Ear of barley with leaf, above which Satyr standing r. and playing flutes. Johnston 81, D2.8; SNG Lloyd 395.
Scarce type. Old tone. Oval flan. Close to extremely fine
Provenance:
Old Swiss collection, bought from Maison Platt, Paris September 1980.
Auction Hess-Divo AG, Zurich 328 (2015), 5.