Watch List notes:

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Punic occupation. Circa 215-207 BC. AR Half Shekel – Drachm (19mm, 3.46 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Barley ear with leaf to right; above leaf, owl standing right, head facing, with wings spread. Robinson, Second, p. 50, 3; HN Italy 1634. Lighlty toned, underlying luster. EF. Perfectly centered and well struck.

From the Mercury Group Collection, purchased from Atlantis. Ex Stack's (10 June 1997), lot 178.