LUCANIA. Metapontion. Circa 430-400 BC. Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.63 g, 12 h). Head of Demeter to left, wearing pearl necklace and with her hair wreathed with stalks of grain. Rev. ΜΕΤΑ Ear of barley with six grains; to right, praying mantis moving upwards. HN Italy 1510. Noe 398. Harshly cleaned, otherwise, very fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.