METAPONTUM SILVER STATER – LATE 6th CENTURY ISSUE – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED LUCANIA COIN (19021)

$1,275.00

FPL VI, 2 (19021). LUCANIA. METAPONTUM. Ca. 540-510 BC.
Silver stater, 7.89 g, 27 mm.
Obv. META, ear of barley within guilloche border. Rev. Ear of barley in incuse.
Noe, The Coinage of Metapontum, Class VII, seemingly unrecorded dies.
Ex Richard Evans Norton Collection, formed prior to 1946.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, gray toning on background that beautifully contrasts with the matte silver of the barley ear.