Extremely Rare Issue with Sphinx
455, Lot: 10. Estimate $200. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 7.60 g, 2h). Wreathed head of Demeter right / Six-grained barley ear, leaf to right; sphinx seated left above leaf. Johnston Class D, 5.3 (same dies); HN Italy 1615. Toned, slightly weak strike, edge splits, a little off center on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare issue, only one cited by Johnston, from a private collection; the present coin is the only example in CoinArchives.
From the J.B. Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 65.