CNG 112, Lot: 40. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos (28mm, 8.02 g, 12h). Ear of barley with eight grains and bracts at base; MET down left field / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. Noe Class I, 3; HN Italy 1459; SNG ANS 160 (same dies). Deep old iridescent tone. Good VF.

From the Baldwin Maull Collection, purchased from Coin Galleries, 1955.