Lot 9
Lucania, Metapontion, 330-300 BC. AR Stater (7.01 g). Head of Demeter three-quarter facing to right, wreathed with corn and wearing stephane. Reverse: Ear of grain; ethnic to left, bukranion to right. Johnston (ANS NNM 164) plate 11, class C2; BMC 117; Dewing 388. Three light slits on edge. Otherwise, Choice Very Fine.
The ethnic, or city name, is normally reserved for the reverse field, as in this stater of Magna Graecia.
Estimated Value $200 - 275.
Ex Malter Auction XLVII (4 II 92), lot 24.
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