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Nomos
| Issuer | Metapontion |
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| Year | 540 BC - 530 BC |
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| Reference(s) | HN Italy#1459, SNG ANS 2#168, Noe Metapontum#1-27, AMB Basel#127, Jameson#1862 |
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| Obverse lettering | MET (Translation: Metapontion) |
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| Mintage | ND (540 BC - 530 BC) |
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Among the earliest issues from Metapontion, this nomos dates to the first generation of the colony's independent coinage — a period when the city was still consolidating its agricultural wealth in the fertile Tarentine Gulf hinterland. Metapontion's reliance on grain was so foundational that the city reportedly dedicated a golden sheaf of barley to the sanctuary at Delphi. The incuse technique used on this and related South Italian issues of the period is associated with a deliberate regional convention, possibly originating from a single engraver or workshop tradition shared across Achaean colonies.
The Noe sequence places this piece within the inaugural die groupings — the earliest attributed to the mint.