★ A lovely and very attractive didrachm or nomos from Metapontion ★

LUCANIA. Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 24 mm, 7.47 g, 1 h). EΛEYΘEP[IOΣ] Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to right; behind, Δ. Rev. META Ear of barley with leaf to left; above leaf, crouching silenos; below leaf, ΔA. HN Italy 1557. Johnston Class A, 2.1 ( same dies ). SNG ANS 451 ( same dies ). SNG Lloyd 373 ( same obverse die ). A bright and attractive example struck on a very broad flan. About extremely fine.

From an important collection of coins from Magna Graecia and Punic Sicily, formed in the 1990s and early 2000s.