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Lucania, the Lucani AR Drachm. Reduced Tarentine standard. Circa 280-278 BC. Helmeted head of Athena to right / Barley grain with leaf to right; club above leaf, ΛYK monogram to left; c/m: owl. Robinson, Second, p. 51 (Metapontion); Johnston pp. 17-8; HN Italy 2680 (uncertain issue). 2.86g, 15mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From a private English collection.
While it was argued by Robinson that these coins was struck by the Lucani at Metapontion contemporaneously with the half-shekels struck under Punic rule which they closely resemble, Johnston convincingly casts doubt on this attribution. She argues that the issue imitates two types which were well-dispersed throughout the region; the barley grain of Metapontion and the helmeted Athena of Tarentum.
Very Fine. Rare.
From a private English collection.
While it was argued by Robinson that these coins was struck by the Lucani at Metapontion contemporaneously with the half-shekels struck under Punic rule which they closely resemble, Johnston convincingly casts doubt on this attribution. She argues that the issue imitates two types which were well-dispersed throughout the region; the barley grain of Metapontion and the helmeted Athena of Tarentum.