Ancient coin – HCR111550

Obverse

Design:

Head of Demeter, wearing barley wreath, left

Reverse

Inscription:

ΜΕΤΑ (left)

Design:

Ear of barley

Information

Period

Greek

Mint

Metapontum

Denomination

Stater

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

c. 290 BC – 280 BC (According to HN3 Italy)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

7.8

Axis

Diameter (mm)

21.7

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

1941

Source

Sir Arthur Evans

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by Sir Arthur Evans, 1941.

Hoard link

http://coinhoards.org/id/igch1980

Hoard name

Salonica Hoard (IGCH 1980, no. 36%)

Reference

SNG Ashmolean I (A) : 774

Note:

http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org/ ID: SNGuk_051a_0774

Reference

Evans & Evans, Recent Find : no. 36

Reference

HN3 Italy : 1612-1613

Note:

unclear as any symbols on the reverse were struck of flan. Similar to 2.3 and 2.4 in Johnston Metapontum 3?

Reference

IRIS : https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1612-1620

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, VHVolunteer1, VHVolunteer2, vheuchert, gthompson