★ A beautifully toned stater from Metapontion ★

LUCANIA. Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. Stater (Silver, 28 mm, 8.15 g, 1 h). MET Ear of barley with eight grains; border of dots. Rev. Incuse ear of barley with eight grains; rayed border. HN Italy 1459. Noe Class I, 3 = SNG ANS 160 ( same obverse die ). Beautifully toned. Good very fine.

From the collection of Dr. H. Mosengel, Peus 428, 28 April 2021, 30, previously privately acquired from Münzen & Medaillen AG on 30 October 1964.