TYPE Ancient Greece, Metapontion (Lucania), 400-340 BC, silver stater (nomos), 7.41g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Head of Demeter r. Rev: Ear of wheat, Greek legend MET[AP] to left, Greek letters "xi-omega' to right REFERENCE: Noe 509 GRADING: VF+ / VF, lightly toned, slight obv. surface roughness ORDER INFO: G2725, $435 Exceptional obverse style by unsigned master engraver, in an overall attractive specimen, nicer than any of the several Delepierre collection plates listed for this series