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Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1487

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Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1487, Silver, struck at Metapontum, 470–440 BC. Obverse: barley-ear épi d'orge. Reverse: ox head in incuse. Weight about 1.2 g, diameter 12.6 mm.
obverse Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1487
reverse Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1487
mint Metapontum weight 1.22g (4)
ruler — diameter ⌀12.6 (4)
denomination — axis 7↕ (4)
material Silver technique —
country Greece dataset IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org)
obverse

Barley-ear Épi d'orge

reverse

Ox head in incuse

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Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1487 (metapontum.hn_italy.1487), 470–440 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/metapontum-historia-numorum-italy-1487/ (accessed: 2026-11-02). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA