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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 470-440 BC. AR Triobol (12mm, 1.39 g, 6h). Good VF.
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CNG Feature Auction 129
Live bidding begins May 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT
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LUCANIA, Metapontion. Circa 470-440 BC. AR Triobol (12mm, 1.39 g, 6h). Ear of barley with six grains / Incuse head of ox. Noe 275 (same obv. die); HN Italy 1487; SNG Evelpidis 218 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 319 (same obv. die); McClean 910 (same obv. die). Toned. Good VF.
Ex Gasvoda Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111, 29 May 2019), lot 23; B. in B. Collection (Nomos 8, 22 October 2013), lot 12; Numismatica Ars Classica B (25 February 1992), lot 1055.
Metapontion, originally named Sybaris, was an Achaian colony of very early foundation, though the precise details of its origin are shrouded in uncertainty. Following the destruction of its first foundation by the Samnites, it was refounded as Metapontion, early in the 7th century BC by settlers under the leadership of Leukippos, who was thereafter revered as the city founder. The great prosperity of the city — attested by the extent of its archaic silver coinage commencing in the mid 6th century BC — was based on agriculture. Situated on the Gulf of Tarentum, Metapontion occupied a plain of extraordinary fertility watered by the rivers Bradanos and Kasuentos. Its standard coin type is an ear of barley, a tribute to the source of Metapontine wealth.
The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 129 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 13-14 May 2025. This lot is in Session One, which will begin 13 May at 9 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
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Ex Gasvoda Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111, 29 May 2019), lot 23; B. in B. Collection (Nomos 8, 22 October 2013), lot 12; Numismatica Ars Classica B (25 February 1992), lot 1055.
Metapontion, originally named Sybaris, was an Achaian colony of very early foundation, though the precise details of its origin are shrouded in uncertainty. Following the destruction of its first foundation by the Samnites, it was refounded as Metapontion, early in the 7th century BC by settlers under the leadership of Leukippos, who was thereafter revered as the city founder. The great prosperity of the city — attested by the extent of its archaic silver coinage commencing in the mid 6th century BC — was based on agriculture. Situated on the Gulf of Tarentum, Metapontion occupied a plain of extraordinary fertility watered by the rivers Bradanos and Kasuentos. Its standard coin type is an ear of barley, a tribute to the source of Metapontine wealth.
The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 129 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 13-14 May 2025. This lot is in Session One, which will begin 13 May at 9 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
