‡ Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, stater, c. 290-280 BC, head of Demeter right wearing grain wreath, necklace and earring, rev., ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf on right; above leaf, two amphorae (star above, off flan), 7.66g, die axis 10.00 (Johnston Group D, 4.16; SNG Oxford 791; SNG ANS 517; BMC 114; HN Italy 1625), fine toning and extremely fine Provenance: Bank Leu 20, 25 April 1978, lot 16; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 1500-2000