Lucania
Coin #73
Issuing Authority
Lucania
Leader/ruler
Polis of Metapontion
Earliest Date (bc)
470
Latest Date (bc)
440
Mint
Metapontion
Metal
Silver
Diameter Mm
20.5
Weight Gm
7.74
Denomination
Nomos
Obverse Description
Ear of barley with six grains
Reverse Description
Incuse ear of barley with six grains
Grade
GF
Peculiarities
Lightly toned, faint scratches, light cleaning marks on reverse
Catalogue References
Noe Class XI, 237 (same dies); HN Italy 1485; SNG Tübingen 446 (same dies); de Luynes 457 (same dies)
Provenance
CNG Electronic Auction 593, 13 August 2025, Lot 20. Ex Lionel Tenby Collection (Triton XXVII – Session 5, 17 January 2024), lot 5023; Berk BBS 197 (27 April 2016), lot 38; Bowers & Ruddy (30 January 1975), lot 1791.
Purchase Date
13-Aug-25