LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 470-440 BC. AR Nomos (20.5mm, 7.51 g, 12h). Ear of barley with eight grains; retrograde META up left field, grasshopper downward to right / Incuse ear of barley with seven grains. Noe Class XII, 258 (same dies); HN Italy 1486; SNG Copenhagen 1173 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 317 (same dies); BMC 26 (same dies); Bement 162 (same dies); de Luynes 458 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 5747210-073, graded AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 3/5.
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