METAPONTUM SILVER STATER – FACING DEMETER HEAD ISSUE WITH BULL HEAD SYMBOL – XF NGC GRADED GREEK LUCANIA COIN (Inv. 19291)

$875.00

19291. LUCANIA. METAPONTUM. Ca. 330–280 BC.
Silver stater, 7.69 g, 20 mm.
Obv. Wreathed head of Demeter facing three quarters right, AΠ in right field. Rev. META, ear of barley, facing bull’s head in right field and AΘA below leaf.
Johnston, Metapontum, Class C, 2.2 (same dies); SNG ANS 463–464 (same dies); HN Italy 1584.
Ex Economopoulos Numismatics, private sale with old dealer’s tag included.
NGC graded XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, steel gray toning and of good metal, scarce facing head issue with well–preserved details.