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| Issuer | Metapontion |
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| Year | 300 BC - 250 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of a youthful deity facing left, most likely Leukippos, the eponymous hero of Metapontion, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head to reveal flowing, tightly curled hair adorned with a floral ornament above the brow. The modelling is accomplished in the prevailing Hellenistic style, with sensitive rendering of facial features including a straight nose and slightly parted lips. The field is plain and uninscribed, the entire design contained within an irregular circular flan typical of hammered bronze coinage of Magna Graecia. |
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| Reverse description | A large, meticulously detailed ear of barley occupies the centre of the field, presented upright with the grain-head at the top and a curved reaping hook (harpe) to the lower right — the enduring civic emblem of Metapontion evoking the city's agricultural prosperity. To the left of the stalk, reading downward in archaic Greek characters, is the ethnic legend META. The design is bold and in high relief, characteristic of the bronze coinage of this Lucanian Greek colony during the early Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse lettering | META |
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