Lot 5
Lucania. Metapontion, c. 530-510 BC. AR Nomos (7.88 g). Grain ear; ethnic to right. Reverse: Same, only incuse and without ethnic. Cf. Noe 76. Choice Very Fine.
Unlike medieval Bracteates, these archaic staters of Magna Graecia employed a reverse as well as an obverse die. The alignment of the dies had to be quite exact or the flan would severly crack and be reassigned to the melting pot.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
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