METAPONTUM SILVER STATER – FACING DEMETER HEAD ISSUE EX POZZI EX LOCKETT AND PUBLISHED IN JOHNSTON – XF NGC GRADED GREEK LUCANIA COIN (Inv. 17756)

$6,500.00

LUCANIA. METAPONTUM. Ca. 330-280 BC.
Silver stater, 7.66 g, 20 mm.
Obv. Wreathed head of Demeter facing three quarters right, AΠ in right field. Rev. META, ear of grain, facing bull’s head and ΑΘ[Α] in right field.
Johnston, Metapontum, Class C, 2.7 (same dies); Pozzi, 196 (this coin); SNG Lockett, 417 (this coin).
Ex Baldwins 44, 5/2/2006, 10 = Sotheby’s 4/19/1993, lot 269 = Lockett Collection, Glendining, 10/25/1955, lot 303 = Pozzi Collection, Naville 3/14/1921, lot 196.
NGC graded XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, steel gray cabinet patina, outstanding provenance noted.