Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 142. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (7.92 gm). Wreathed head of Demeter right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace / META, barley ear of eight grains with leaf to right; Nike standing left above leaf, LU to lower left. Johnston Class C, 9.1 (same dies); SNG ANS 498 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 1225 (same dies); HN Italy 1591. Good VF, attractive iridescent toning. ($500)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.