Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1696, Bronze, struck at Metapontum, 275–250 BC. Obverse: head of heracles wearing a lion's skin. Reverse: barley-ear épi d'orge. Weight about g.
| mint | Metapontum | weight | g (0) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀ (0) |
| denomination | — | axis | ↕ (0) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Heracles wearing a lion's skin
reverse
Barley-ear Épi d'orge
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Cite this coin
Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1696 (metapontum.hn_italy.1696), 275–250 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/metapontum-historia-numorum-italy-1696/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA