Electrotype: Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. British Museum electrotype; stamped MB (Latin initials for Museum). Circa 330-290 BC. Magistrate MAN. Wreathed head of Demeter right, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace, and with hair falling in loose curls behind / Ear of barley with leaf to right; META upwards to left, plough above leaf, MAN below. Head, Guide IV C, 20, pl. IV, c.20; for prototype, cf. Johnston Class C, 1.34-5; Dewing 389; HN Italy 1581. 8.80g, 23mm, 3h.
Condition as Seen.
Acquired from Baldwin's of St. James's.