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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > SH20889
Metapontion, Lucania, Italy, c. 300 - 250 B.C.
|Italy|, |Metapontion,| |Lucania,| |Italy,| |c.| |300| |-| |250| |B.C.|, Metapontum or Metapontion was an important city of Magna Graecia, on a plain of extraordinary fertility on the Gulf of Tarentum, between the river Bradanus and the Casuentus (modern Basento). It was distant about 20 km from Heraclea and 40 from Tarentum. The ruins of Metapontum are located in the frazione of Metaponto, in the comune of Bernalda, in the Province of Matera, Basilicata region, Italy.
SH20889. Bronze AE 14, Johnston Bronze 62, SNG ANS 574, SNG Cop 1261, SNG Fitzwilliam 534, SNG Forbat 55, SNG Lloyd 420, SNG Evelpidis 232, HN Italy 1698, BMC Italy -, gVF, nice style, well centered, Metapontion (Metaponto, Italy) mint, weight 3.426g, maximum diameter 14.3mm, die axis 270o, c. 300 - 250 B.C.; obverse head of Demeter right, hair rolled and wreathed with barley, wearing pendant earring; reverse META (upwards on left), head of barley with leaf right, fly (bee?) on right flying right above leaf; ex Forum (2014); SOLD











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