Lucania, Metapontum. Stater

Lucania, Metapontum; 330-300 BC, After Euainetos, Stater, 7.64g. Johnston-506-509 var. Only three dies in the entire series of this type. Obv: Head of Persephone right. Rx: Wheat ear with unrecorded symbols in the right field.This is a very rare type. Of the 1000+ dies of Metapontum, only three dies are taken after the decadrachms of Euainetos, and this coin even features an unpublished reverse. aEF