gold 1/3 stater of Metapontion, 330-320 BC ca

Noe-Johnston G3   2.61 g, 9h    Classical Numismatic Group Triton X (2007) 44. Price realized: 6,250 USD
                                From the David Herman Collection. Ex Leu 76 (17 October 1999), lot 9; MŸnzen und Medaillen 32 (20 October 1966), lot 20.
                                
                                
Traditionally described as either Demeter or Persephone, the typical female deities on Metapontion's coinage, 
until a hoard discovered in the 1960s revealed this variety with the declarative inscription NIKA. 
Suggestion that it may be part of a special donative issue for Kleonymos (Spartan leader of mercenaries hired by Taras) not sacking the city. 
                    
                    
                    
     NIKA                    
G3   2.61 g      Private collection
     2.61 g, 9h  Classical Numismatic Group Triton X (2007) 44. Price realized: 6,250 USD
     2.61        Classical Numismatic Group Triton VII (2004) 27. Price realized: 5,250 USD
     2.59 g      SNG ANS 396
     .... g      Gulbenkian 71
     .... g      Kraay-Hirmer 245 (same obv. die)
     .... g      Hess-Leu Dec 6 1966 52       

     no legend
G4   2.63 g      SNG Lockett 405
     2.61 g      Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 13 (1998) 152. Ex Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig no. 152