Lucania, Metapontum, ca. 280 BC. AR Nomos (7.84 g). Bearded head of Herakles r., wearing thin hair band over curled hair; club over shoulder and lion's skin secured by knotted paws at truncation. Rev. META to left, six-grained barley ear with leaf to right; kantharos above leaf, BI below. Johnston Class D4.2 (same dies); Noë/Johnston D 4.2; Rutter, Historia Numorum 1621. Boldly struck in high relief, strike a little weak on grain ear. The work of a master die engraver. Rare. Underlying luster present and beautifully toned. Extremely Fine. Estimate Value $4,500 - UP
Ex CNG Sale 49, March 17, 1999, lot 88.