219, Lot: 84. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Lot of Eight (8) AR Nomoi. Includes:
1) Circa 400-340 BC. Head of Demeter right / Barley ear with leaf to left. HN Italy 1516 //
2) Similar, but with different hairstyle. HN Italy 1527 //
3) Similar, but different hairstyle. HN Italy 1529 //
4) Circa 340-330 BC. Helmeted head of Leukippos right; behind, lion’s head right; [monogram] below chin / Barley ear, leaf to left; club above leaf, AM[I] below leaf. HN Italy 1575 //
5) Circa 330-290 BC. Head of Demeter right; [ΔAI] below chin / Barley ear with leaf to right; plow above leaf, MA[X] below leaf. HN Italy 1581 //
6) Circa 330-290 BC. Head of Demeter left; [ΔΩPI] below chin / Barley ear, leaf to left; pitchfork above leaf, ΔA below. HN Italy 1582 //
7) Similar, but leaf, pitchfork, and ΔA to right. HN Italy 1582 //
8) Circa 330-290 BC. Head of Demeter left / Barley ear, leaf to left; above leaf, griffin right; ΛY below leaf. HN Italy 1589. Fine to VF condition, some roughness and centering issues, last with cut on obverse.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.