NN 2 Lot 12 - Lucania, Metapontum Nomos circa 290-270.

Lucania, Metapontum Nomos circa 290-270, AR 22mm, 7.90 g. Bearded head of Heracles Soter right, hair bound with ribbon; lion skin tied around neck and club over l. shoulder. Rev. META Ear of barley with leaf to right, above which, two-handled cup; below BI. Historia Numorum Italy 1621. Kraay-Hirmer pl. 85, 248. A. Evans, A Recent Find of Magna Graecian Coins of Metapontum, Tarentum and Heraclea, NC 1918, pl. 5, 4 (these dies). Johnston-Noe D 4.2.

Very rare. Well struck in high relief and unusually complete for this issue. Old cabinet tone, extremely fine.