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| Issuer | Metapontion |
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| Year | 380 BC - 370 BC |
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| Weight | 7.69 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A single, finely detailed ear of barley rendered in high relief, with the grain heads depicted in careful, symmetrical rows along the central stalk and flanking side shoots spreading outward, the whole occupying the full field of the flan in the emblematic Metapontine tradition. The stalk tapers to the lower exergue, with a small leaf visible at its base. The ethnic legend METAΠΟΝ arcs around the design, identifying the issuing city of Metapontion in Lucania. The ear of barley served as the civic badge of Metapontion, reflecting the city's agricultural wealth and its veneration of Demeter. |
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| Mint | Metapontion (Metaponto, Lucania) |
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