AE of Metapontion, 400-375 BC ca
Obv. hd nymph facing
Rev. ear of barley, locust l
Johnston - 3.82 g 3 Leu, Auction 83 (2002) no. 18
from Leu Numismatics Ltd, Zürich
Auction Leu 83 6-7 May 2002
"This coin, apparently unpublished except for the drawing in Garrucci, is exceptional in every way. It bears one of
the very few facing heads to appear on the coinage of Metapontum, and it was very definitely influenced by the
latest artistic trends in Sicily. Among other places good parallels for it can be found at Himera, Kamarina and
Segesta."