LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 540-510 BC. Silver Nomos (7.90g). Ear of barley with eight grains and bracts at base; MET down left field, pellet border / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains; rayed border. Noe Class I, 1; Gorini -; HN Italy 1459; SNG ANS 166; Kraay & Hirmer 228; Prospero 51. gVF or better for the type. This silver nomos, an exceedingly rare Noe 1 from the first emission of Metapontion around 540 BC, stands at the very beginning of the city's celebrated coinage. Founded by settler

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