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219, Lot: 85. Estimate $300.
Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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) Circa 400-340 BC. Head of female (Nike?) left; [NIKA] before, [Σ] below chin / Barley ear, leaf to left; [locust] below leaf. HN Italy 1524 // 3) Circa 400-340 BC. Head of Dionysos right;; [ΠOΛY] at truncation of neck, [Σ] behind head / Barley ear, leaf to left; [uncertain symbol] to above leaf. Cf. HN Italy 1532 // 4) Circa 400-340 BC. Head of Demeter left / Barley ear, leaf to right; ivy-leaf above leaf. HN Italy 1546 // 5) Circa 330-290 BC. Head of Demeter left; [ΔΩPI] below chin / Barley ear, leaf to left; pitchfork above leaf, ΔA below. HN Italy 1582 // 6) Circa 330-290 BC. Head of Demeter left / Barley ear, leaf to left; tongs above leaf, [A]ΘA below leaf. HN Italy 1583 // 7) Same // 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, die break on reverse of fifth coin.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Coin 7 ex UBS 59 (29 January 2004), lot 5179 (part of).