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| Issuer | Metapontion |
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| Year | 300 BC - 250 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Demeter facing right, her hair elaborately arranged and bound with a wreath of grain, rendered in fine Hellenistic style. The goddess displays delicate facial features with a straight nose and softly defined lips. A beaded border encircles the field. |
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| Reverse description | Two stalks of barley arranged vertically, their ears pointing upward without intervening symbols or magistrate signature. The civic legend META rises upward along the left field, identifying the mint city of Metapontion. The design reflects the city's celebrated agricultural identity and its long numismatic tradition of the ear of barley as a civic emblem. |
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| Mint | Metapontion (Lucania) |
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