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<p>[QUOTE="kazuma78, post: 4287673, member: 17304"]I agree, I also REALLY liked this one but couldn't swing them both. This one went for 1800 pounds which I thought was actually not aweful as a representative of the type. It's very hard to find this type in this quality if you look through auction records.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1091422[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. Circa 290-280 BC. Head of Demeter right wearing grain wreath, triple-drop earring and necklace / Ear of barley with leaf to right, two amphorae to right with star above, ΦΙ in lower right field, META to left. Johnston Class D, 4.16 (same dies); SNG ANS 517; HN Italy 1625. 7.80g, 21mm, 7h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Extremely Fine; wonderful old cabinet tone with iridescent highlights over lustrous metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex LHS Numismatik AG, Auction 100, 23 April 2007, lot 122 (hammer: CHF 2,500).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kazuma78, post: 4287673, member: 17304"]I agree, I also REALLY liked this one but couldn't swing them both. This one went for 1800 pounds which I thought was actually not aweful as a representative of the type. It's very hard to find this type in this quality if you look through auction records. [ATTACH=full]1091422[/ATTACH] Lucania, Metapontion AR Stater. Circa 290-280 BC. Head of Demeter right wearing grain wreath, triple-drop earring and necklace / Ear of barley with leaf to right, two amphorae to right with star above, ΦΙ in lower right field, META to left. Johnston Class D, 4.16 (same dies); SNG ANS 517; HN Italy 1625. 7.80g, 21mm, 7h. Extremely Fine; wonderful old cabinet tone with iridescent highlights over lustrous metal. Ex LHS Numismatik AG, Auction 100, 23 April 2007, lot 122 (hammer: CHF 2,500).[/QUOTE]
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