View source for 1844 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Syracuse (horseman/Arethusa) (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 104)

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|Image overstriking coin=SO 1251 - Metapontum over Syracuse.jpg
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group MBS 72 (14/06/2006), lot 104.
|Obverse legend=META
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Ear of cereal. In field, grasshopper. Decorated border.
|Reverse description=Incuse ear of cereal. Border of rays.
|Mint=Metapontum
|Ancient region=Lucania
|Date from=540 BCE
|Date to=510 BCE
|Period=Archaic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=8.23
|Axis=12
|Denomination=nomos
|Standard=Achaian
|Coin series reference=HN Italy, n° 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486.; HGC 1, n° 1027-1029
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1459-81
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse
|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
|Overstruck date from=540 BCE
|Overstruck date to=510 BCE
|Overstruck period=Archaic
|Overstruck denomination=didrachm
}}