LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.78 g, 7h). Wreathed head of Demeter right; Δ to left / Barley ear with leaf to right; above leaf, star above two amphoras; ΦI below. Johnston Class D, 4.15 (same dies); HN Italy 1625. Toned, minor die wear, a few tiny flan flaws on obverse. Near EF. From the W. Hansen Collection, purchased from D. F. Grotjohann, 20 October 2011. Ex G. Hirsch 233 (12 February 2004), lot 1237.
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