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Tetrobol
| Issuer | Metapontion |
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| Year | 280 BC - 279 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (540-200BC) |
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| Obverse description | Bearded male head, identified by the legend as Leukippos, facing right, wearing a Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head with an elaborate plume and crest rendered in fine relief. The hair is depicted in tight curls around the temples and beard. A control symbol, theta (Θ), appears in the left field. The legend ΛEYKIΠΠOΣ is inscribed in Greek characters around the upper right field. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Two stalks of barley or wheat set side by side, their heads facing upward and slightly outward in a symmetrical composition, a characteristic civic emblem of Metapontion. The stalks are rendered with fine detail showing individual grains. The abbreviated ethnic legend META appears in Greek characters in the upper field above the grain stalks, with additional control letters visible in the left and right fields flanking the design. |
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