LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 470-440 BC. AR Nomos (21.5mm, 8.20 g, 12h). Ear of barley with eight grains; retrograde META upward to left; to right, grasshopper downward / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. Noe 259 (same dies); HN Italy 1486; SNG ANS 257 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 468 (same dies). Slight weakness to strike. VF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex ArtCoins Roma 19 (11 November 2015), lot 52.
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