Ancient coin – HCR111446

Obverse

Design:

Ear of barley; dotted border

Reverse

Design:

Ear of barley; incuse; pellets between the radiating lines of the incuse border

Information

Period

Greek

Mint

Metapontum

Denomination

Obol

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

c. 540 BC – 510 BC (According to Hn3 Italy)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.41

Axis

Diameter (mm)

7.5

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

4/1/1957

Source

Dr E. S. G. Robinson

Acquisition credit

Presented by Dr E. S. G. Robinson, 1957.

Acquisition note

674; VH: More precise dating required

Place of purchase

Rome

Hoard link

http://coinhoards.org/id/igch1896

Hoard name

Metaponto? Hoard (IGCH 1896)

Reference

SNG Ashmolean I (A) : 674

Note:

http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org/ ID: SNGuk_051a_0674

Reference

Kraay, Métaponte : pp. 73ff., no. 4

Reference

Noe, Metapontum : no. 261 (var)

Note:

Kraay (Metaponte, p. 74) associates this fraction with the stater type Noe 261 due to the unusual reverse border only shared between these issues.

Reference

HN3 Italy : 1491

Note:

See note to Noe Metapontum

Reference

IRIS : https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1491

Contributors to this coin record

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