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Lucania, Metapontum, ca. 280 BC. Silver Nomos (7.84 g). Bearded head of Herakles r. wearing thin hair
band over curled hair; club over shoulder and lion’s skin secured by knotted paws at truncation. Rev.
META to left, six-grained barley ear with leaf to right; kantharos above leaf, BI below. Johnston Class
D4.2 (same dies); Noë/Johnston D 4.2; Rutter, Historia Numorum 1621. Boldly struck in high relief,
strike a little weak on grain ear. The work of a master die engraver.
Rare.
Underlying luster present and
beautifully toned. Extremely Fine.
$4,500
Ex CNG Sale 49, March 17, 1999, lot 88.
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Lucania, Sybaris, Silver Incuse Drachm (2.49 g, 12h). 550-510 BC. Bull standing left, its head turned back,
on a dotted exergual line, VM in exergue. Rev. similar type incuse (SNG ANS 874; SNG Ashmolean 848;
HN Italy 1736). In a very good state of preservation for this issue, attractive old cabinet toning. Nearly
Extremely Fine.
$2,500