LUCANIA. Metapontum. Circa 340-330 BC. Didrachm or nomos (Silver, 20 mm, 7.68 g, 9 h), signed by the Kal... engraver and the magistrate Philox.... Youthful head of Dionysos to left, wearing ivy wreath, and turned slightly towards the viewer so that his right eye is just visible as are the right sides of his nose and mouth; to right, in the field behind his head, ΚΑ[Λ]. Rev. ΜΕΤΑ Ear of barley with leaf to left; on top of leaf, snake coiled to right; below the left, reading inwards, ΦΙΛ[ΟΞ]. HN III 1559 = Johnston A6.6 = Gulbenkian 70 = Jameson 290, and Kunstfreund 180 (all same dies). A great rarity, and with an extraordinary head of the youthful Dionysos - one of the finest of all Metapontine obverses. Some surface marks and bluish toning, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection formed prior to 2005.