Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 157. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 510-470 BC. AR Nomos (8.11 g, 12h). Barley ear of seven grains / Incuse barley ear of seven grains. Noe 190; HN Italy 1482. Near VF, lightly toned, struck with worn dies. Extremely rare, Noe records only one other example, in Berlin.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex UBS 59 (29 January 2004), lot 5166 (part of).