305, Lot: 33. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Paestum (Poseidonia). Second Punic War. 218-201 BC. Æ Sextans (16mm, 4.11 g, 3h). Wreathed head of Demeter right; two pellets (mark of value) behind / Boar standing right; below, spray of leaves and two pellets (mark of value). Crawford, Paestum 6/3; HN Italy 1198. Near VF, rough brown patina.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.