Watch List notes:

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Third Nomos (17.5mm, 2.76 g, 12h). Ear of barley with seven grains and bracts at base; [MET down left field] / Incuse ear of barley with seven grains. Noe Class I, 29–33; Gorini 5; HN Italy 1460; SNG ANS 174–7; SNG Lloyd 294; SNG Lockett 373–4. Old collection tone with some golden hues, area of weak strike on obverse. Good VF. Excellent metal for issue.

From the William H. Birkinshaw Collection, purchased from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd. (inv. no. 29499). Ex Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 4 (19 March 1999), lot 14; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 216 (October 1961), no. 6.