266, Lot: 12. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 510-470 BC. AR Nomos (24mm, 7.51 g, 12h). Barley ear / Incuse barley ear. Noe 188; HN Italy 1482. Near VF, toned, a little rough, slightly ragged flan. Extremely rare, Noe records only one other example, in the Curinga Hoard.

Ex Colin E. Pitchfork Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 81, 20 May 2009), lot 156; UBS 59 (29 January 2004), lot 5183 (part of).