METAPONTUM SILVER STATER – FACING HEAD TYPE EX RATTO SALE OF 1926 – GOOD VF GREEK LUCANIA PROVENANCED COIN (Inv. 21166)

$2,650.00

21166. LUCANIA. METAPONTUM. Ca. 330–280 BC.
Silver Stater, 7.91 g, 20 mm.
Obv. Wreathed head of Demeter facing three quarters right, [AΠ in right field]. Rev. [M]ETA, ear of grain, facing bull’s head and ΑΘ[Α] in right field.
Johnston, Metapontum, Class C, 2.7, Class C, 2.2 (same dies); HN Italy 1584; HGC 1, 1064.
Ex Swiss collection from Tessin assembled in the 1920s (with its original ticket), Naville 88, 4/7/2024, lot 10 = ex Riche Collection, Rodolpho Ratto, Lugano, 1/25/1926, lot 484.
Good VF, pleasing light gray cabinet toning.