LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 300-250 BC. Æ 15mm (3.38 gm). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / META, ear of barley. Johnston, "The Bronze Coinage of Metapontum," in Kraay/Morkhølm Essays, 60; SNG ANS 567-568; BMC Italy pg. 260, 174; SNG Copenhagen 1253; SNG Morcom -; Laffaille 54. EF, light brown patina, with just a trace of light encrustation. Exceptional style. ($250) Triton V Sale, 15 Jan 2002, lot 69. Lot sold for USD 850. Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com