LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.76 g, 6h). Bearded head of Leukippos right, wearing Corinthian helmet; AMI to left / Barley ear with leaf to right; [META upward to left], vertical thunderbolt above leaf. Johnston Class B, 4.3 (same dies); HN Italy 1574; SNG ANS –; SNG Copenhagen 1214. Deep old cabinet tone, hairline flan crack, a little off center on reverse. Superb EF. An excellent example of this type. Ex Roma II (2 October 2011), lot 22.
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