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| Issuer | Metapontion |
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| Year | 300 BC - 250 BC |
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| Diameter | 16.5 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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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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