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| Issuer | Metapontion |
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| Year | 281 BC - 272 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (540-200BC) |
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| Reverse description | A single upright barley ear occupying the central field, depicted with naturalistic detail showing the grain kernels along the stalk, a design emblematic of Metapontion and central to the city's numismatic identity as an agriculturally prosperous Magna Graecian polis. The ethnic legend META appears in Greek characters, likely divided in the field to either side of or below the ear. The flan exhibits the same irregular, hand-struck character as the obverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | META |
| Edge | Plain |
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