Lucania, Metapontion Æ 17mm. Circa 300-250 BC. Draped bust of Athena facing slightly to right, wearing triple-crested helmet / Barley ear with leaf to right; META to left, cross-torch above leaf to right. Johnston, Bronze 46; HN Italy 1682; HGC 1, 1111. 4.34g, 17mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; in excellent condition, comparable to the specimen sold for £1,200 in 2016 (Roma 28, lot 5).
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, Auction 24, 22 June 2016, lot 94.