Nomos

Features

Issuer Metapontion (Lucania)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 330 BC - 290 BC
Value Nomos (3)
Currency Drachm (540-200BC)
Composition Silver
Weight 7.92 g
Diameter 23.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
274509
References HN Italy# 1581,
N. Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum : Italy. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom.
BMC Gr/It# 98,
Reginald Stuart Poole, Barclay Vincent Head, Percy Gardner, Warwick William Wroth, George Francis Hill; 1873. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum / Volume 1. Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
SNG ANS 2# 468,
Hyla A. Troxell; 1972. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum / Part 2. Lucania : The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. American Numismatic Society, New York, United States.
SNG Munich 3# 1001,
Peter Robert Franke, Harald Küthmann; 1973. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Deutschland / Heft 3. Kalabrien - Lukanien : Staatliche Münzsammlung München. Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
GCV# 416
David R. Sear; 2004. Greek Coins and Their Values / Volume 1. Europe. Seaby, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears and triple-pendant earring; ΔAI below chin

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΔAI

Reverse

Barley ear with leaf to right; META upward to left; to right, plow above leaf, MAX below

Script: Greek

Lettering:
META
MAX

Mint

Metapontum, Lucania, Italy

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ND (330 BC - 290 BC)  Photo $ 670

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Nomos
CNG
Triton XXIII
Lot 42
Internet Archive
14 Jan 2020 VF USD 780.00
(incl. buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Nomos
CNG
Mail Bid Sale 78
Lot 157
Internet Archive
14 May 2008 VF USD 575.00
(+ buyer's premium)
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