Item Sold At Auction #1
   Web Product ID: 250
   Estimate: $100.00
   Final Sale Price: $243.10
   Denomination: Diobol
   Grade: VF toned
   Reference: Noe 275ff


  Lucania, Metapontion. Circa 500-465 BC. AR Diobol (1.19 gm). Ear of barley / Incuse
  bucranium. Noe 275ff. Toned, VF. Estimate $100.

  Metapontion, called Metapontum by the Romans, was an Achaean colony of very early
  foundation, though the precise details of its origin are shrouded in uncertainty.
  Following its destruction by the Samnites it was refounded from Sybaris early in the
  7th century BC by settlers under the leadership of Leukippos who was, thereafter,
  revered as the city founder.