LUCANIA, Metapontion. ca 440-430 BC. AR Half Nomos 3.97 g. 

Ear of barley with six grains.
Apollo standing facing, head right, holding bow; all within laurel wreath. 
Noe 320a = Lacroix, Monnaies et colonisations dans l'occident grec, pl. 12, 5 = Basel 133 (this coin); SNG ANS 
279 (same dies); HN Italy 1497. 
Very rare. ($1000)

Ex Sammlung Ludwig (NAC 13, 8 Oct. 1998), lot 133; ex Kunstfreund [Gillet] (Leu & Münzen & Medaillen, 28-29 May 1974), lot 66; Ars Classica XIV (2 July 1929), lot 32; ex Imhoof-Blumer Collection.

The only half nomos in the Metapontine series. 

Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 46. Jun 08, 2005. 
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