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| Issuer | Metapontion |
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| Year | 340 BC - 330 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (540-200BC) |
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| Obverse description | Bearded male head in right profile, identified as the hero Leukippos, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head to reveal the face. The beard is rendered with fine, curling locks in high relief, and the cheekpiece of the helmet frames the face with characteristic Lucanian artistic refinement. A small lion's head device appears before the chin in the left field, serving as a magistrate's symbol or control mark. The portrait is executed with vigorous artistry typical of the finest South Italian die-engravers of the mid-fourth century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A large, detailed ear of barley occupies the centre of the reverse in high relief, the primary civic emblem of Metapontion, rendered with careful attention to the individual grains along the stalk. To the left, a second smaller barley stalk curves gracefully inward, its tip terminating in a leaf. The ethnic inscription ΜΕΤΑ appears to the right of the central ear, with the magistrate's name or control letters ΑΜΙ to the left, both rendered in neat Greek capitals. The entire design is set within a shallow incuse square with slightly irregular borders, a hallmark of early Lucanian coinage tradition that persisted on Metapontine issues throughout this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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