View source for 1840 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Gela (horseman/man-faced bull) (Triton, I, Dec. 1997, 83)

{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=SO 1225 - Metapontum over Gela.jpg
|Image overstruck variety=Gela (overstruck).jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2180624&AucID=5235&Lot=34
|Sale=Sangiorgi, 15 Apr. 1907, 981 = Triton, I, 2 Dec. 1997, 83  = Waddell inventory 50636 (2013) = Triton, XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, 25
|Private collection=Gasvoda Collection; A. D. Moretti collection; R. Jameson collection; C. Strozzi collection
|Obverse legend=META
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Ear of barley with five grains. Decorated border.
|Reverse description=Incuse ear of barley with [six] grains. Border of rays (incuse).
|Mint=Metapontum
|Ancient region=Lucania
|Date from=470 BCE
|Date to=440 BCE
|Period=Archaic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=8.16
|Diameter=20.5
|Axis=6
|Denomination=nomos
|Standard=Achaian
|Coin reference=Noe 1957, pl. VIII, n° h
|Coin series reference=Noe 1927, Class XI, 255; Noe 1957, pl. VIII, n° h; 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 obverse description=Naked and helmeted rider on prancing horse r., wielding spear in raised r. hand, l. arm behind horse's mane, holding reins
|Overstruck reverse legend=CE – ΛΑ
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Forepart of man-headed bull r.; all within shallow circular incuse
|Overstruck mint=Gela
|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
|Overstruck date from=490 BCE
|Overstruck date to=475 BCE
|Overstruck period=Archaic
|Overstruck denomination=didrachm
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Jenkins 1970, n° 38 (O13/R16)
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gela.jenkins_1970.1-100
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="Overstruck on a Gela didrachm, Jenkins 38 (O13/R16), with the undertype very strong"
}}