Watch List notes:

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 440-430 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.99 g, 2h). Ear of barley with seven grains; META up left field / Apollo, nude, standing facing, head left, holding small laurel tree in right hand and bow in left. Noe 315 (same dies); HN Italy 1496; BMC 46 (same obv. die); de Luynes 465 (same obv. die); Gillet 135 (same dies); Pozzi 165 (same dies); Kraay & Hirmer 232. Attractive old collection tone, slight die wear on obverse. Good VF. Exceptional for this difficult issue, notorious for metal problems and very worn dies, finer than the Gillet specimen.

Ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 255; Münzen und Medaillen AG 41 (18 June 1970), lot 9.