LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.68 g, 4h). Bearded head of Leukippos right, wearing Corinthian helmet; cross-torch to left / Barley ear with leaf to right; META upward to left, |-[H] above leaf. Johnston Class A, 5.3 (same dies); HN Italy 1555; SNG ANS 405–6 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 382 (same obv. die); SNG München 986 (same dies). Light iridescent tone, graffiti and minor die break on reverse. Good VF. Attractive.
From the William H. Birkinshaw Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 45; G. Hirsch 167 (26 September 1990), lot 118.