Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 251. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $920. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Punic occupation. Circa 215-207 BC. AR Half Shekel – Drachm (3.86 g, 2h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Barley ear of five grains on either side and six central grains with leaf to right; above leaf, owl right, head facing, with wings spread. Robinson, Second p. 50, 3; HN Italy 1634. EF, areas of slight granularity, trace of die rust on reverse. Perfectly centered, bold strike on both sides.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Noble 64 (12 July 2000), lot 2462; Ponterio 102 (29 July 1999), lot 83.