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| Issuer | Metapontion |
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| Year | 350 BC - 275 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (540-200BC) |
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| Reverse description | A prominent barley ear depicted upright and centrally in the field, the grain rendered with carefully incised rows of kernels splaying symmetrically from the rachis, serving as the principal civic emblem of Metapontion and its fertile agricultural territory. A single leaf projects to the right of the stalk. The Greek ethnic legend META appears in the left field, identifying the issuing city, consistent with the standard bronze coinage of the mint during this period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Metapontion (Metaponto, Lucania) |
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