Description
Circa 400-340 BC. AR didrachm or nomos, 7.65 gr., 20.5 mm.
Obv.: head of Demeter to the left, wearing beaded necklace and bifurcate earring, hair bound in sphendone decorated with five small stars; on tranche of neck: APIΣTO (off flan); all in beaded circle.
Rev.: META; ear of barley with six grains on each side, to the left: murex shell.
Ref.: Noe 437; HN Italy 1521; SNG ANS 334 (same dies); HGC 1 1045.
Well struck. A few marks. Very rare. Nearly Extremely Fine. € 8,000
An exceptional example of great style; obverse die signed by the artist Aristoxenos (off flan).
