LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.54 g, 2h). Head of Demeter left, head encircled by thick braid of hair; [AИA above], Σ[T] behind neck / Barley ear with leaf to left; MET upward to right. Noe 475 (same dies as illustration); HN Italy 1527; SNG Lloyd 353 (same dies); BMC 140 (same dies); Jameson 291 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, some light marks. Near EF. Lovely style. Rare.
From the J. de Wilde Collection. Ex Nomos 8 (22 October 2013), lot 18; Münzen und Medaillen AG 79 (28 February 1994), lot 48.