Lucania. Metapontum. Circa 425-350 BC. Obol (Bronze, 21 mm, 7.49 g). Wreathed head of Demeter right; before, ME[T]. Rev. ΟΒΟΛΟΣ, Ear of barley; on right, poppy head. HN Italy 1640. Noe-Johnston, Uncertain denomination 4. BMC 165. Magnificent untouched glossy dark green patina, with compact green accretions, presumably from contact. About Extremely Fine. One of the very few ancient Greek coins to bear the denomination explicitly inscribed, rather than indicated by a conventional value mark. The legend ΟΒΟΛΟΣ (obolos) clearly identifies the denomination as an Obol. From the Poor Scholar Collection.

Lotto n. 51

Lucania. Metapontum. Circa 425-350 BC. Obol (Bronze, 21 mm, 7.49 g). Wreathed head of Demeter right; before, ME[T]. Rev. ΟΒΟΛΟΣ, Ear of barley; on right, poppy head. HN Italy 1640. Noe-Johnston, Uncertain denomination 4. BMC 165. Magnificent untouched glossy dark green patina, with compact green accretions, presumably from contact. About Extremely Fine. One of the very few ancient Greek coins to bear the denomination explicitly inscribed, rather than indicated by a conventional value mark. The legend ΟΒΟΛΟΣ (obolos) clearly identifies the denomination as an Obol. From the Poor Scholar Collection.

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