391, Lot: 45. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. AR Nomos (18mm, 7.29 g, 8h). Head of Demeter right, hair bound in sakkos / Barley ear with leaf to right; pomegranate(?) above leaf. Cf. Noe 493/490–1 (same obv./rev. dies); cf. HN Italy 1544/1543. Fine, toned, horn silver, some die wear. Very rare, this obverse and reverse combination not listed in the standard references.