Details
LOT 2885
Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. Circa 510-470 BC.
Ear of barley with seven grains; META retrograde downwards to right; all within cable border / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. Cf. Noe Class IX, 193; HN Italy 1482. Near Extremely Fine.(8.11gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 16, 13 November 2022, lot 9b (dealer's ticket included).
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
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