| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 32 Price realized: 170 USD (Approx. 157 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (19mm, 7.02 g, 7h). Helmeted head of Leukippos right; to left, lion head right; [monogram below chin] / Grain ear with leaf to left; club above leaf, [A]MI below. Johnston Class B, 2; HN Italy 1575. Toned, flan crack, deposits, extensive cleaning marks and scratches, edge filed and hammered. VF. From the Weise Collection, purchased from Janus Numismatics, 7 August 2004. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 562 | Auction date: 15 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 15 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.83 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Leukippos right; to left, dog seated left; Σ below neck truncation / Barley ear with leaf to right; bird above leaf, A[MI] below. Johnston Class B, 3; HN Italy 1576. Lightly toned, areas of weak strike, roughness, flan flaw on obverse. VF. Estimate: 250 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 30 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.78 g, 7h). Wreathed head of Demeter right; Δ to left / Barley ear with leaf to right; above leaf, star above two amphoras; ΦI below. Johnston Class D, 4.15 (same dies); HN Italy 1625. Toned, minor die wear, a few tiny flan flaws on obverse. Near EF. From the W. Hansen Collection, purchased from D. F. Grotjohann, 20 October 2011. Ex G. Hirsch 233 (12 February 2004), lot 1237. Estimate: 750 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 16 Price realized: 1,050 USD (Approx. 962 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.90 g, 4h). Head of Leukippos right, wearing Corinthian helmet; to left, head of lion right; [AΠ monogram below chin] / Barley ear of seven grains, leaf to left; club above leaf, [AM]I below; META upward to right. Johnston Class B, 2.3–34; HN Italy 1575; SNG ANS 432–9; SNG Lloyd 377–8; Dewing 382–4. Toned, trace find patina, minor cleaning scratches. EF. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online Sessions | Auction date: 17 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 5024 Price realized: 2,250 USD (Approx. 2,067 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.78 g, 5h). Wreathed head of Demeter left; ΔAMATHP to upper left, cross-torch to lower left, [K to right] / Grain ear with leaf to left; crab above leaf, [AP]XIΠ below. Johnston Class A, 6.12 (same dies); HN Italy 1564; SNG ANS 611 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 390 (same dies). Attractive old collection tone, with iridescence around the devices and underlying luster, a few faint scratches under tone on obverse, minor test cut on reverse. Near EF. Lovely style. Rare. From the David Freedman Collection. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 77. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 18 Price realized: 900 USD (Approx. 824 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. AR Nomos (20mm, 7.83 g, 3hh). Wreathed head of Demeter right, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; E[Y] below chin / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to right; META upward to left, ΛY to lower left, star above leaf. Johnston Class C, 8.12 (same dies); HN Italy 1592; SNG Fitzwilliam 514 (same dies); Pozzi 192 (same obv. die). Underlying luster, a couple of tiny flan flaws. EF. Struck from dies of pleasing style. Metapontion, originally named Sybaris, was an Achaian colony of very early foundation, though the precise details of its origin are shrouded in uncertainty. Following the destruction of its first foundation by the Samnites, it was refounded, as Metapontion, early in the 7th century BC by settlers under the leadership of Leukippos, who was thereafter revered as the city founder. The great prosperity of the city - attested by the extent of its archaic silver coinage commencing in the mid 6th century BC - was based on agriculture. Situated on the Gulf of Tarentum, Metapontion occupied a plain of extraordinary fertility watered by the rivers Bradanos and Kasuentos. Its standard coin type is an ear of barley, a tribute to the source of Metapontine wealth, and Demeter, the goddess of grain who is the city's most revered deity. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
