Description: Lucania, Metapontion, 400 - 340 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Demeter right, hair bound with fillet, earring and necklace / Barley ear of seven grains with leaf to right, quince above leaf.

Diameter: AR24 mm

Weight: 7,14 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: Noe 484 (same dies); HN Italy 1540

Commentary: big flan, good metal surfaces

History: According to one version, Pythagoras (570 - 495 BC) fled from Kroton to Tarent and the to Metaponton, where he starved himself to death; his tomb was still shown in time of Cicero.

Article Number: 021-03-02-41652