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Obol
| Uitgever | Metapontion |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 425 BC - 350 BC |
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| Waarde | Obol (⅙) |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
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| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
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|---|---|
| Schrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | A meticulously detailed six-grained ear of barley, the city's principal civic emblem, is depicted upright with a single leaf extending to the right, alluding to Metapontion's agricultural prosperity. To the left of the stalk in the field stands a herm facing right, serving as a subsidiary symbol. The divided ethnic legend Μ - Ε, an abbreviated form of ΜΕΤΑΠΟΝΤΙΝΩΝ, appears in the field flanking the central device, referencing the issuing city. |
| Schrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Μ - Ε |
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| Muntplaats | Log in om details te zien |
| Oplage | Log in om details te zien |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Metapontion's bronze coinage of this period was a civic currency — fiduciary token money intended for small local transactions in a city whose silver staters were circulating far beyond its borders as trusted trade coin. The bronze existed precisely because the silver was too valuable to break for daily commerce in the agora.
The HN Italy 1641 attribution places this firmly within the city's mid-classical municipal issues, a series struck as Metapontion navigated the complex politics of Magna Graecia between Tarentine dominance and the lingering demographic pressures following the destruction of Sybaris.