266, Lot: 18. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.79 g, 5h). Wreathed head of Demeter left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to left; tongs above leaf, [AΘ]A below. Johnston Class C, 4.3 (same dies); HN Italy 1583; SNG Delepierre 332-3 (same dies). VF, toned, die shift on obverse. Very rare.

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