★ A rare and very sharp half shekel from Metapontion ★

LUCANIA. Metapontion. Punic occupation, circa 215-207 BC. Half Shekel (Silver, 18 mm, 3.29 g, 7 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Rev. META Ear of barley with leaf to right. HN Italy 1632. Robinson p. 50, 3. SNG ANS 549. Rare. A very sharp and very attractive coin. Hairline flan crack, otherwise, good extremely fine.

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