Ancient Greek coin – HCR111447

Obverse

Design:

Ear of barley; mule's head (right)

Reverse

Design:

Ear of barley; wreathed border; incuse

Information

Period

Greek

Mint

Metapontum

Denomination

Obol

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

c. 470 BC – 440 BC (According to HN3 Italy)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.49

Axis

Diameter (mm)

7.8

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

4/1/1957

Source

Dr E. S. G. Robinson

Acquisition credit

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

Place of purchase

Rome

Hoard link

http://coinhoards.org/id/igch1896

Hoard name

Metaponto? Hoard (IGCH 1896)

Reference

SNG Ashmolean I (A) : 675

Note:

http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org/ ID: SNGuk_051a_0675

Reference

Kraay, Métaponte : pp. 73ff., no. 5

Reference

Noe, Metapontum : no. 231 (variant)

Note:

Noe 231 a stater group. Kraay associates this obol with Noe 321 in his Metaponte, arguing that they are the only two issues to have a mule's ear device on the flan.

Reference

HN3 Italy : 1485

Note:

see note to Noe above

Reference

IRIS : https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1484-1486

Note:

see note to Noe above

Contributors to this coin record

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