Lot 1770
Sale 56 · Australian & World Coins, Banknotes, Historical & Military Medals & Badges
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Description
Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.320-290 B.C.), silver stater or didrachm, (7.69 grams), obv. head of Demeter to right wreathed in ears of corn, **[DAI] below chin, rev. corn ear, META to left, leaf of stalk to right, and plough above, [MAX] below leaf, (cf.S.416, cf.Johnston [NN&M 164] Class C, 1.39 [same dies], Naville Sale 5, 18th June 1923 [lot 473, same dies]). Weak in places, otherwise very fine, and probably the second known specimen from these dies.
- Estimate
- $240
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $240