Classical World, Lucania, Metapontion, ca. 350 to 330 BCE. Gold third stater, Sear 413. Bearded head of Leukippos, r. wearing crested Corinthian-style helmet ornamented with Skylla/two barley ears, each with leaf on outside, SI between. Rare. (2.8 g) Size: 0.5" W (1.3 cm)

The Lucanians were a Samnite people who migrated south ca. 400 BCE. Metapontion, also known as Metapontum, was a Lucanian town with strong Greek cultural ties, and that was periodically a Greek colony. They began to mint coinage in the 3rd century BCE. The symbol of Skylla (Scylla), the mythological monster, was designed to inspire fear and demonstrate the fierceness of Lucanian warriors.

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection of E. Owen

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