Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3430 Session 11 (9:30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $1,200
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ITALY, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.520 B.C.), silver stater, (7.44 g) on broad thin flan, obv. ear of corn in high relief, to left ME to right TA, circled border with dots, rev. ear of corn incuse, lined incused border, (cf.S.235, Noe [NN&M 32] Class IV, No.89, SNG ANS 195, [same dies], SNG Cop. 1160 [same dies]). Some minor obverse corrosion on lower edge, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Ex Alan Jordan Collection and purchased from Noble Numismatics Sale 67 (lot 1620) and previously from Baldwin's Auctions, London, Sale 24, 9-10th October 2000 (lot 678). A detailed discussion occurs in Ann Johnston additions and corrections to Sydney P. Noe's work on the Coinage of Metapontum Parts I & 2, New York, 1984, pps. 1-6 and pps. 35-49. This example in the middle group of dies in the series. The coinage is still considered to begin c.550-540 B.C.
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