Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 5204 Session 16 (9.30am Fri 26 Nov) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $1,200
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ITALY, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.480 B.C.), silver stater, (8.02 grams), obv. six grain ear of corn, META upwards on left, rev. six grain ear of corn, incuse, (cf.S.238, Noe 202, SNG ANS 237, cf.SNG Cop. 1165, cf.SNG Lockett 369). Good very fine, very rare set of dies known by a single example in the Fred Forbat Collection in Sweden SNG.
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