Lucania, Metapontion Nomos 540-510 BC.

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Selected by Alessandro Fiamingo

Over ten years of experience as a conservation scientist in various contexts, including work at the Vatican Museums.

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Very rare Lucania, Metapontion AR nomos, circa 510 BC, weight 7.93 g and 26 mm diameter, obverse with an eight‑grain barley ear, META downwards to the left and a grasshopper to the right, reverse with an incuse barley ear and a dolphin upwards to the left in linear relief; Noe 104; HN Italy 1472; from an old collection; cabinet tone, no graffito.

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Very rare Lucania, Metapontion AR Nomos
Circa 510 BC.
Ear of barley with eight grains, META downwards to left, grasshopper to right; raised and braided dotted border around / Incuse ear of barley, dolphin upwards to left in linear relief.
7,93g, 26mm

Noe 104;
HN Italy 1472.
Lovely old cabinet tone without any graffito, comes from an old collection

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