GREEK COINAGE
Metapontum
Nomos circa 290-280 BC, AR 7.90 g. Barley-wreathed head of Demeter l. Rev. Barley ear; in r. field, spindle. Johnston class D 1.1. Historia Numorum Italy 1612.
Old cabinet tone, struck on a very large flan; minor areas of weakness,
otherwise good extremely fine
From a Swiss private collection and purchased from Bank Leu in the 60’s.