Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1716, Bronze, struck at Metapontum, 250–200 BC. Obverse: head of hermes wearing a petasos (round hat with wide brim). Reverse: three barley-grains trois grains d'orge. Weight about 1.8 g, diameter 12.2 mm.
| mint | Metapontum | weight | 1.78g (2) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀12.2 (2) |
| denomination | — | axis | 6↕ (2) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Hermes wearing a petasos (round hat with wide brim)
reverse
Three barley-grains Trois grains d'orge
specimens (2)
Cite this coin
Metapontum Historia Numorum Italy 1716 (metapontum.hn_italy.1716), 250–200 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/metapontum-historia-numorum-italy-1716/ (accessed: 2026-11-05). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA