Stater of Metapontum

Place of OriginItaly, Metaponto (ancient Metapontum)

Date550-530 BCE

DimensionsDiam: 1 1/8 in. (3 cm)

MediumSilver coin.

ClassificationMetalwork

Credit LineGift of Carl B. Spitzer

Object number

1934.2

Not on View

DescriptionObverse: ear of corn, relief; Reverse: same, incuse.

Label TextLike their counterparts in Greece itself, each Greek city state in southern Italy developed a distinctive coinage. The symbol of Metapontum was an ear of barley.Comparative ReferencesSee also Colin Kraay and Max Hirmer, Greek Coins, no. 228, p. 31, p. 307.