Nomos

Obolos Webauction 13  –  2 July 2019

Nomos, Obolos Webauction 13

The Vineneyard Collection Part II, and Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic and e...

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Description

LUCANIA. Metapontum. Circa 400-340 BC. Didrachm or nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.86 g, 11 h). Youthful head of Dionysos to left, wearing a diadem adorned with a maeander pattern and upright ivy-leaves; below chin, E. Rev. ΜΕΤΑ Barley ear with leaf to left. HN III 1531. Noe 454 ( same dies ). SNG ANS 344 ( same obverse die ). A coin of splendid style, well centered and struck on a broad flan. Nicely toned. Very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, ex H.J. Berk BBS 102, May 1998, 119.

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