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Auction XXV  22-23 Sep 2022
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Lot 34

Estimate: 2500 GBP
Price realized: 3200 GBP
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Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. Circa 400-340 BC. Obverse die signed by Kri-. Head of Demeter to right, hair in sphendone; KPI behind / Ear of barley with leaf to left; MET[A] upwards to right. Noe 500 (same dies); SNG ANS 376; HN Italy 1537. 7.87g, 22mm, 11h.

Extremely Fine; usual die-breaks, beautiful old cabinet tone with striking iridescent highlights. Rare; only four examples cited by Noe.

Ex David Freedman Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XIX, 20 March 2020, lot 202;
Privately purchased from Edward J. Waddell Ltd, 21 April 2015;
Ex F. Sternberg AG, Auction XXXI, 27 October 1996, lot 152;
Ex Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 50, 24 September 1990, lot 76.
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