Barley

Italy, Lucania, Metapontum

AR Triobol, 1.39g. 12mm.  MET. Ear of barley with six grains. Rev. Incuse bucranium.  Noe 275. HN Italy 1487.  Toned.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: NAC, Zurich,  Auction B, Feb.25, 1992, lot 1055.
Ex: CNG, Auction 111, May 29, 2019, lot 23.

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good Very Fine $2,200.

Italy, Lucania, Metapontum

 AR Didrachm, 7.67g. 24mm. Signed by KPI.. c.400-340 B.C. Head of Demeter to right; minute letters KPI behind neck. Rev. Ear of barley. Noe 502. HN Italy 1528. SNG Lloyd 363. Some slight surface roughness and die breaks on obverse. Fine style and attractive dark toning. 

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Leu Numismatik, Zurich, Auction 86, 2003, lot 236 with ticket. 

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about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $4,500.

Italy, Lucania, Metapontum, ex: MM, Sternberg

AR Stater, 7.86g.  19mm.  c.330-290 B.C.  Head of Demeter to left wearing wreath of grain.  Rev.  Barley ear; griffin in field to left.  Johnston C 6.  SNG ANS 489.  The head of Demeter is executed by a master engraver with delicate facial details and struck in high relief.  Attractive toning.

Provenance/Pedigrees:
Ex: Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, List 521, 1989, no. 15
Ex: Sternberg, Zurich, Auction XXXI, 1996, lot 162.
Ex: Hirsch, Munich,  Auction 201, 1998, lot 31.
Ex: Trad'Art, Geneva, 2011.

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about Extremely Fine/Extremely Fine $7,500.