Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1639, Bronze, struck at Metapontum, 425–350 BC. Obverse: hermes standing holding a hook above a thymiaterion (censer). Reverse: barley-ear épi d'orge. Weight about 7.4 g, diameter 22.0 mm.
| mint | Metapontum | weight | 7.40g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀22.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 1↕ (1) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Hermes standing holding a hook above a thymiaterion (censer)
reverse
Barley-ear Épi d'orge
specimens (3)
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BnF (IRIS)
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Cite this coin
Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1639 (metapontum.hn_italy.1639), 425–350 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/metapontum-historia-numorum-italy-1639/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA