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.
| 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) |
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Barley-ear Épi d'orge
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Ox head in incuse
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Cite this coin
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: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA