Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1491, Silver, struck at Metapontum, 440–430 BC. Obverse: barley-ear épi d'orge. Reverse: achelous standing facing with a human body and a bull's head, holding a hook in his hand and a reed in his hand. Weight about 0.4 g, diameter 7.5 mm.
| mint | Metapontum | weight | 0.41g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀7.5 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 12↕ (1) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Barley-ear Épi d'orge
reverse
Achelous standing facing with a human body and a bull's head, holding a hook in his hand and a reed in his hand
Cite this coin
Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1491 (metapontum.hn_italy.1491), 440–430 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/metapontum-historia-numorum-italy-1491/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA