Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1506, Silver, struck at Metapontum, 430–400 BC. Obverse: head of heracles wearing a lion's skin. Reverse: barley-ear épi d'orge. Weight about 0.5 g, diameter 7.5 mm.
| mint | Metapontum | weight | 0.46g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀7.5 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 3↕ (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 1506 (metapontum.hn_italy.1506), 430–400 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/metapontum-historia-numorum-italy-1506/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA