Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1505, Silver, struck at Metapontum, 430–400 BC. Obverse: head of heracles wearing a lion's skin. Reverse: barley-ear épi d'orge. Weight about 7.5 g, diameter 22.1 mm.
| mint | Metapontum | weight | 7.48g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀22.1 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 1↕ (1) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Heracles wearing a lion's skin
reverse
Barley-ear Épi d'orge
Cite this coin
Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1505 (metapontum.hn_italy.1505), 430–400 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/metapontum-historia-numorum-italy-1505/ (accessed: 2026-11-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA