★ Ex Tradart, 17 November 1994, 5 and Hess-Leu 36, 17 April 1968, 27 ★

LUCANIA. Metapontion. Circa 400-340 BC. Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.64 g, 4 h). Laureate head of Apollo (?) to right; on neck truncation, ΑΠΟΛ; below, Σ. Rev. META Barley ear with leaf to right. HN Italy 1534. Jameson 300 ( same dies ). Noe 461. SNG ANS 349 ( same dies ). SNG Ashmolean 708 ( same dies ). Rare. A lovely and unusually well preserved example with beautiful iridescent toning and a particularly fine head of Apollo (?). Faint scratches and with some minor roughness on the obverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the collection of a European Conoisseur, formed before 2002, Morton & Eden 124, 26 September 2023, 38, ex Tradart, 17 November 1994, 5 and Hess-Leu 36, 17 April 1968, 27.