‡ Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, stater, c. 400-340 BC, laureate head of Apollo right; on truncation, ΑΠΟΛ; below, traces of Σ, rev., ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf right,7.64g, die axis 4.00 (Noe/Johnston 461; Jameson 300, same dies; SNG ANS 350; Kraay-Hirmer 240; HN Italy 1534), toned, about extremely fine and rare Provenance: Hess Leu 36, 17 April 1968, lot 27; Tradart, Geneva, 17 November 1994, lot 5; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 1500-2000