Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kazuma78, post: 8243618, member: 17304&quot;]I recently picked this coin up and wanted to share. I particularly love the detail in the ears of grain in Demeter&#039;s hair. The cabinet toning is nice too and coupled with the ok provenance it makes up for the slightly weak strike on the reverse for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 290-280 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.82 g, 1h). Head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace; Π behind neck / Barley ear with leaf to left; to left, head of ram right and |-A above leaf; META downward to right. Johnston Class D, 3.1 (this coin referenced and illustrated); HN Italy 1617; SNG Gale 663 (same dies). Good VF, deep gray tone with iridescent hues, small spot of weak strike on reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex CNG Triton XXII (January 2019), lot 51 from the Gasvoda Collection, Ex Waddell inventory 51792 (April 2015); Numismatica Ars Classica P (12 May 2005), lot 1068; A. D. Moretti Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1451459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1451460[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in