nomos/stater of Metapontion, 360-340 BC ca

Obv. head of female. On neck truncation the signature APISTOXE.
Rev. ear of barley, META


Noe 422   7.61 g   Classical Numismatic Group Triton V (2002) 1098. Circa 375 BC. Price realized: 7,500 USD



Aristoxenos has not handed down to us enough information to name this rather melancholy, middle-aged woman, 
any more than the young girl of the same style, Noe 421. Noe calls her Demeter; if so they are mother and daughter 
and both are masterly studies. It is to be noted that a contemporary issue, Noe 412 explicitly tells us with an 
epithet that we are looking at the bust of Hygieia, and from this it is not unimaginable to conclude that the 
coinage of Metapontum may be celebrating the whole pantheon of beautiful female deities.



Noe 422   7.61 g   Classical Numismatic Group Triton V (2002) 1098. Price realized: 7,500 USD
          7.53 g   UBS Gold & Numismatics Auction 57 (2003) 53. Estimate: CHF 2500.-
                                                         UBS Gold & Numismatics Auction 59 (2004) 4022. Estimate: CHF 2500.-
Noe 424   7.86 g   Numismatica Ars Classica Auction P (2005) 1053. Price realized: 3,500 CHF 
Noe 427b  7.79 g   Numismatica Ars Classica Auction P (2005) 1055. Price realized: 2,000 CHF
          7.84 g   LHS Numismatik AG Auction 100 (2007) 106. Price realized: 1,200 CHF

Noe 433
Noe 434a  7.65 g   Numismatica Ars Classica Auction P (2005) 1056. Price realized: 460 CHF
          7.81 g   LHS Numismatik AG Auction 100 (2007) 107. Price realized: 1,800 CHF
Noe 435   7.66 g   Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 13 (1998) 140
Noe 437   7.68 g   Classical Numismatic Group Mail Bid Sale 66 (2004) 78. Price realized: 1,250 USD
Noe 445