Lot 6
Lucania, Metapontion, c. 330 BC. Gold Third Stater, or Euboic-Attic Tetrobol (2.62 g). Head facing of Demeter with loosely falling hair, wearing low stephane; in lower right field, "NIKA". Reverse: Ear of grain with leaf on right; ethnic at left. Johnston (ANS NNM 164) plate 18, 3; cf. Gulbenkian 71. Rare. Choice Very Fine / About Extremely Fine.
An exquisite Greek coin type, issued around 330 BC, this rare coin was struck to pay mercenaries during the period that Alexander the Molossian came to the rescue of Magna Graecia. Most of the existing examples of this and other associated gold issues are from the Bernalda hoard, discovered in 1935 (IGCH 1958).
Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,200.
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| Realized $7,475 |
