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Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1639

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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 21.9 mm.
obverse Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1639
reverse Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1639
mint Metapontum weight 7.39g (2)
ruler — diameter ⌀21.9 (2)
denomination — axis 2↕ (2)
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

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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: 2026-11-05). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA