CNG 102, Lot: 49. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.87 g, 11h). Wreathed head of Demeter left / Barley ear of seven grains, leaf to left; tongs above leaf, [A]ΘA below. Johnston Class C, 4.1 = de Luynes 495 (same dies); HN Italy 1583. EF, toned. Well struck.

From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 889759 (May 2011); Gorny & Mosch 190 (11 October 2010), lot 25; Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 82.