Lucania, Metapontum, 4th-3rd century BC, AE 21, 4.65g
head of Persephone (or Demeter?)/
META between 2 barley ears, symbol (bird or rose?)
SNG ANS 599 var., SNG Cop. 1258,
Lindgren II, 278 (this coin), ex Lindgren collection
Posted December 2015
Lucania, Metapontum, ca. 300-250 BC, AE 12, 1.93g
head of Silenos wearing ivy wreath/
META, barley ear, symbol (grasshopper?) above leaf
SNG ANS --- (cf. 588), SNG Cop. 1262 var., HN Italy 1697,
Extremely Rare (R3), ex J. Swithenbank collection
Posted December 2015
Lucania, Metapontum, 3rd century BC, AE 18, 3.48g
eagle standing, wings open/
META, barley ear, thunderbolt
SNG ANS 603, ex Lindgren collection
Posted December 2015
