LUCANIA. Metapontion. Circa 330-290 B.C. AR didrachm or nomos. 7.89 gm. 20 mm. Struck under the magistrates Dae..and Mach... Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of barley ears and triple-pendant earring; ΔA[I] below chin / Grain ear with leaf to right; plow above leaf, MA[X] below; META to left. Johnston Class C, 1. HN Italy 1581. Good Very Fine to nearly Exteremely Fine; attractive old iridescent toning; light old scratches in reverse left field; with a particularly artistic obverse.

From an American collection formed in the 1950s primarily from Spink (Messrs. French and Forrer) in London, NFA (Edward Gans) in New York, and Earle K. Stanton in Los Angeles.