Metapontum.   Nomos circa 400-340, AR 8.09 g. Head of Demeter r., with hair in braids around head; above, FANAS retrograde. Below neck truncation, [SA]. Rev. META Ear of barley with leaf to r., on which mouse to l. Noe-Johnston 473.3 (this coin). SNG Lloyd 353 (this obverse die). Gillet 162 (this coin). SNG ANS 359. Historia Numorum Italy 1527.
Extremely rare and possibly the finest specimen in private hands.
Light iridescent tone and extremely fine

Ex NAC sale 29, 2005, 37. From the Charles Gillet and A.D.M. collections.