Nomos

Metapontion's grain economy underwrote its coinage for centuries — the city's agricultural wealth, particularly barley, made it one of the more financially stable poleis in Magna Graecia during the fourth century. By the 340s, however, the political situation in southern Italy was deteriorating sharply, with Tarentine influence expanding and local autonomies increasingly contested. This nomos belongs to a period when Metapontion was navigating those pressures while still maintaining an independent and prolific mint.

HN Italy 1558 places this issue within a closely sequenced die study. The SNG ANS pairing with 412–413 helps anchor the chronology.