CNG 112, Lot: 44. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4008. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (23.5mm, 7.82 g, 6h). Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Barley ear with leaf to left; mouse above leaf, Φ below. Johnston Class A, 8.8 (same dies); HN Italy 1570; SNG ANS 419 (same obv. die); SNG Lockett 412 (same dies); BMC 122 = Weber 775 (same dies). Attractively toned. Good VF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 48; Münzen und Medaillen AG 54 (26 October 1978), lot 58.