Metapontion or Metapontum, in Lucania, on the Gulf of Taranto, southern Italy
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| BMC 26 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Stater, 21 mm, 8.1 g. ca 510-480 BC. META (retrograde) upwards to right of ear of corn with grasshopper to left. / META (retrograde) downwards to left of incuse ear of corn. BMC 26; Noe 260. Note: Noe's cites BMC 26 under his no. 258, ("locust downwards"), whereas BMC 26 has the locust upwards. | Text | Image |
| BMC 75 | Metapontum, Lucania, AR Double Nomos. ca 340-330 BC. 23.5mm, 15.45 g. Helmeted head of Leukippos right; forepart of lion right and APH behind head. / Barley ear with leaf to left; club above leaf, AMI below. Johnston Class B, 1.1 (same dies); HN Italy 1574; BMC 75. | Text | Image |
| BMC 173 | Metapontum, Lucania, AE Obol, 1.89 gr. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin / META, grain-ear with leaf right, torch with cross-pieces at the top in right field. BMC 173; HN 1685; Johnson 49. | Text | Image |
| BMC 192 | Metapontum, Lucania, AE 14.4mm. 4th c. BC. Athena advancing left brandishing spear and holding shield / META, Owl standing right, head facing, ear of barley to right, with leaf right. ANS 562; BMC 192. | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1459 (1) | Metapontum, Lucania. AR Stater ca 540-510 BC 26.5mm 8.06g. MET, Barley ear of eight grains / Incuse barley ear of eight grains. Noe Class 1,17; HN Italy 1459. | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1516 | Metapontum, Lucania, AR Stater. Ca. 380-340 BC. HYΓIEIA in tiny letters on the neck truncation, head of Hygieia right, wearing earring, hair tied with a fillet, all within laurel wreath / MET-A, ear of barley with leaf on the left. Noe 416; McClean 927; Rutter HN 1516. | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1553 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Stater. 340 BC. 19.8 mm, 7.66 g. Bearded head of Leukippos right, wearing Corinthian helmet, bunch of grapes behind head. / META upwards to left of ear of barley with leaf right. HN Italy 1553. | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1557 | Metapontum, Lucania. Ca 340-330 BC. AR Nomos or Didrachm, 20mm, 7.37 g, EΛEYΘEΡIOΣ, Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right, Δ in left field / META, Ear of barley with seven grains and leaf to left; crouching Silenos above leaf, AΔ below. Johnston A2.1; HN Italy 1557; SNG ANS 451 SNG Lloyd 373; SNG München 988; SNG Manchester 202. | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1558 | Metapontum, Lucania, AR nomos. Ca 340-330 BC. 20mm, 7.46 g. Laureate head of Zeus right, [thunderbolt to left] / METAPON, Barley ear of seven grains, leaf to right; KA[L] above leaf. Johnston Class A6.3 (same dies); HN Italy 1558; SNG ANS 412–3 (same dies); Jameson 301 (same obv. die). | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1603 | Metapontum, Lucania. Ca 325-275 BC. AR Diobol, 1.09 g. Laureate head of Zeus Ammon right, with ram's horn / ME, Ear of barley with six grains and leaf to right, tripod in right field. HN Italy 1603; Johnston F6.2 (same dies); SNG ANS 520; SNG Lloyd 397. | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1661 | Metapontum, Lucania, AE12. Late 4th century BC. 1.71 g. Head of Demeter right, wreathed with grain / M-E to left and right of barley corn. Rutter, HN Italy 1661; Johnston 26 (in Essays.. Kraay Mörkholm). | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1666 | Metapontum, Lucania, AE13. Late 4th century BC. 2.06 g. Head of Demeter left, wreathed with grain / M-E T-A in two lines to left and right of barley corn. Rutter, HN Italy 1666; Johnston 31 (in Essays.. Kraay Mörkholm) | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1692 | Metapontum, Lucania. AE, ca. 350-300 BC. Wreathed head of Demeter left / META, ear of barley with leaf on the right. HN Italy 1692; Johnston 56; BMC -; Sear Greece 623 var. | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1703 | Metapontum, Lucania. AE17, Late 3rd Century BC. 3.50 gr. Bearded head of Leukippos left, wearing Corinthian helmet / META to right of Demeter standing facing, looking left, left hand on hip, holding torch (surmounted by an X) in right hand; barley-ear in left field. Rutter HN Italy 1703; Johnston 67; SNG München 1019; SNG ANS 561. | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1706 | Metapontum, Lucania. AE unit. ca 225-200 BC, 1.69 g. Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder. / META upwards to left of kantharos, small ear of barley in lower right field. HN Italy 1706; Johnston 70. | Text | Image |
| HN Italy 1715 | Metapontum, Lucania. AE17, late 3rd century BC. 4.97 g. Head of Demeter right, wreathed with corn. / META upwards to left of two ears of barley. HN Italy 1715. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 5 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 400-350 BC. AE Obol. NIKA below, head of Nike right; O behind / M-E, ear of barley with six grains; herm on left. SNG ANS 553, BMC 167, SNG Cop 1243. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Johnston 13.3 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Diobol. 280-270 BC. Head of Apollo Karneios left / ear of barley. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 21g | Metapontum, Lucania AR Diobol. 280-270 BC. Head of Athena right / ear of barley. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 39 | Metapontum, Lucania AE15. ca 275-250 BC. Eagle standing left, wings spread; wreath at left / META, barley ear with seven grains and leaf to left, winged thunderbolt at right. SNG ANS 603, HN 1674. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 40 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 300-250 BC. AE 15mm. Laureate head of Apollo left / META, ear of barley; tripod right. Johnston 40; SNG ANS 597. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 43a | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 300-250 BC. AE 12mm. Laureate head of Pan right / META, ear of barley; syrinx right above leaf. BMC 205. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 47 | Metapontum, Lucania. Early-Mid 3rd Century BC. AE 15mm. Head of Dionysos left, wearing ivy wreath / Barley ear; cross-torch to right. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 50 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 300-250 BC. AE 13mm. Head of Athena left, in crested Corinthian helmet / M-E, three barley grains arranged in a circle; cross-torch. SNG ANS 581-582, SNG Cop 1265. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 54 | Metapontum, Lucania. AE16. 300-250 BC. 1.90 g. Head of Hermes right, wearing petasos / three grains of barley. Johnston 54; SNG Ans 2 580. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 57 | Metapontum, Lucania. AE15. Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing stephane / ear of barley, META to right, long leaf with VE above to left. Johnston 57; SNG ANS 573; SNG Cop. 1259; McClean 1014. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 60 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 300-250 BC. AE 15mm. Head of Herakles right, in lionskin headdress / META, ear of barley. SNG ANS 567-568, BMC 174, SNG Cop 1253, HN 1696. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Johnston 66 | Metapontum, Lucania. Late 3rd Century BC. AE 18mm. Head of Leukippos right, wearing Corinthian helmet with hippocamp on bowl / META, Demeter standing facing, holding cross-torch to left. SNG ANS 561. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 68 | Metapontum, Lucania: AE15, ca. 250-200 BC, 3.10gm, 15.3mm. Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing shield and spear / META, owl standing left on ear of barley. Johnston 68; HN Italy 1704. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 68b | Metapontum, Lucania. 4th cent. BC. AE15; 3.8 gr. Athena advancing right in fighting pose, holding shield and spear / (META), Owl standing right on ear of barley. ANS III, 1025; Johnston 68b. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 68c | Metapontum, Lucania. ~3rd Century BC. AE 15mm. Athena Alkidemos standing left, holding shield and brandishing spear / Owl standing left on barley stalk. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 69 | Metapontum, Lucania. 4th c. BC. AE 14mm, 3.62 gr. Athena standing left in fighting attitude, holding shield and spear / META, Owl standing right on corn-ear. ANS 2, 562; Johnston 69. | Text | Image |
| Johnston 78 | Metapontum, Lucania AE 16mm. Late 3rd Century BC. Head of Demeter right, barley ear in hair / Two barley ears; bird above leaf in right field. SNG ANS 602. | Text | Image |
| Johnston A5.1 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 340-330 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Demeter right, in stephane and necklace; cross torch behind / META upwards on left, seven-grained barley ear, leaf to right; TH above leaf. SNG ANS 408. | Text | Image |
| Johnston A7.5 | Metapontion AR Nomos. ca 335-330 BC. Veiled head of Demeter right, in triple-pendant earring and necklace; A P to either side / Seven-grained barley ear with leaf to left and right; tripod on left leaf, ΠΡO on right leaf. SNG ANS 416. | Text | Image |
| Johnston A7.6 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 340-330 BC. Wreathed and veiled head of Demeter right, in triple-pendant earring and necklace; A behind, P before / META downward on right, ear of barley with seven grains, leaves to left and right; tripod above left leaf, ΠΡO above right leaf. SNG ANS 416. | Text | Image |
| Johnston B1.1 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Distater. 333/2–331 BC. Bearded head of Leukippos right in Corinthian helmet ornamented with quadriga on bowl and tiny hippocamp at cleft, behind neck lion forepart right and AΠH / METAΠONTINΩN, barley ear with leaf on left, club above leaf, AMI below. SNG ANS 430–431, HN Italy 1574. | Text | Image |
| Johnston B1.2 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Double Nomos. ca 330 BC. Helmeted head of Leukippos right, quadriga and hippocamp on helmet; forepart of lion and AGH behind / Barley ear with seven grains; club on leaf, AMI beneath leaf. SNG ANS 430. | Text | Image |
| Johnston B2 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. Helmeted head of Leukippos right; lion's head right behind / Barley ear with seven grains; leaf to left, club on leaf, AMI beneath leaf. SNG ANS 432ff. | Text | Image |
| Johnston B2.1ff | Metapontion. c330 BC. AR Nomos. Helmeted head of Leukippos right, lion’s head right behind / Barley ear with seven grains; leaf to left, club on leaf, AMI beneath leaf. | Text | Image |
| Johnston B2.18 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 330 BC. Helmeted head of Leukippos right, lion's head right behind / META, barley ear; AMI beneath leaf, club on leaf. | Text | Image |
| Johnston B2.23 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 330-325 BC. Head of Leukippos right, wearing Corinthian helmet, lion's head right behind, AP monogram beneath chin / META, seven-grained barley ear, dove to right. SNG ANS 432-442. | Text | Image |
| Johnston B2.24 | Metapontum, Lucania. c330-325 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Leukippos right in Corinthian helmet; lion's head behind, monogram beneath chin / META, barley ear; club upright above leaf, AMI below. SNG ANS 435. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Johnston B3.16 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 340-330 BC. ΛEYKIΠ-ΠOΣ, helmeted head of Leukippos right; Σ below, hound seated left behind / META upward on left, ear of barley with seven grains, leaf to right with dove sitting right upon it and AM below. SNG Cop 1211, SNG ANS 446, HN 1576. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Johnston B3.20 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 330 BC. AR Nomos. Helmeted head of Leukippos right; dog (off flan) behind / Barley ear, leaf to right; AMI beneath leaf, dove on leaf. SNG ANS 448. | Text | Image |
| Johnston B3.23 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 330-325 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Leukippos right, wearing Corinthian helmet; behind, dog seated left, raising paw / META, seven-grained barley-ear with stalk to right. | Text | Image |
| Johnston B3.27 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 330 BC. AR Nomos. LEUKI-PPOS, helmeted head of Leukippos right; dog behind (off flan) / META upwards to left, barley ear; AMI beneath leaf, dove on leaf. SNG ANS 448, SNG Fitz 498. | Text | Image |
| Johnston B4.4 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 340-330 BC. AR Nomos. Helmeted head of Leukippos right; AMI behind / META upwards on left, seven-grained barley ear; leaf to right, thunderbolt above leaf. | Text | Image |
| Johnston Ba | Metapontum, Lucania AR Distater. ca 334–330 BC. Bearded head of Leucippus right, in Corinthian helmet ornamented with Nike in quadriga on bowl, lion forepart running right and ANA behind / METAΠONTINΩN, barley ear with leaf on left, club above leaf, AMI beneath leaf. SNG ANS 431. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C1 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Stater. ca 325 BC. Head of Demeter right, wreathed with grain, in triple pendant earring, ΔAI under chin / META, grain ear with leaf on right, plow above leaf, MAX beneath leaf. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C1.4 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. Circa 325-280 BC. Wreathed head of Demeter right, in triple-pendant earring and necklace; ΔAI under chin / Barley ear with seven grains; leaf to right with plow above, MAC below. SNG ANS 481. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C1.32 | Metapontion. c325-280 BC. AR Nomos. Wreathed head of Demeter right in triple-pendant earring and necklace; AEAI under chin / Barley ear with seven grains; leaf to right with plow above, MAX below. SNG ANS 467ff. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C1.55 | Metapontum, Lucania. c325-280 BC. AR Nomos. Wreathed head of Demeter right / Ear of barley, leaf to left with plow above, MI below; META to left of ear. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Johnston C2.1 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 325-280 BC. Wreathed, three-quarter facing head of Demeter in necklace and earrings; AG in right field below earring / META left, barley ear of seven grains; trident to left. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C2.2 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 325-280 BC. Wreathed, three-quarter facing head of Demeter in necklace and earrings; AG in right field below earring / META left, barley ear of seven grains; bucranium above leaf, AQA beneath leaf. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C2.3cf | Metapontum, Lucania AR Stater. ca 325–290 BC. Head of Demeter three quarters right, in tiny stephane and wreathed with grain, AΓ to right / META, barley ear with leaf on right, bucranium above leaf, AΘA beneath leaf. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C2.6 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 330-290 BC. Wreathed, three-quarter facing head of Demeter, turned slightly right, in necklace and earrings; AΓ in right field below earring / META upwards on left, seven-grained barley ear, leaf to right; bucranium above leaf, AΘA below. SNG ANS 463. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C5.6 | Metapontion. c325-280 BC. AR Nomos. Wreathed head of Demeter left, in triple-pendant earring and necklace / Seven-grained barley ear, trident above leaf. SNG ANS 452ff. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C5.8 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 325-280 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Demeter left / Ear of barley with leaf to left; small hayfork above. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C5.11 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. Circa 325-280 BC. Wreathed head of Demeter left, in triple-pendant earring and necklace / META, Barley ear with eight grains; leaf to right with fork above, DA below. SNG ANS -, HN 1582. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C6.15 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 330-290 BC. AR Nomos. Wreathed head of Demeter left, in triple-pendant earring and necklace / META upwards on right, seven-grained barley ear, leaf to left; griffin above leaf, LY below. SNG ANS 491. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C6.16 | Metapontum, Lucania. c325-280 BC. AR Nomos. Wreathed head of Demeter left / META right, seven-grained barley ear, leaf to left; griffin above leaf, LY below. SNG ANS 491. | Text | Image | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Johnston C8 | Metapontum AR Nomos. Head of Demeter right / META, grain ear. | Text | Image |
| Johnston C9.3 | Metapontion. c325-280 BC. AR Nomos. Wreathed head of Demeter right, in triple-pendant earring and necklace / Barley ear with eight grains; leaf to right, Nike on leaf. SNG ANS 496. | Text | Image |
| Johnston D1.1 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 280 BC. Wreathed head of Demeter left / META, six-grained barley ear, leaf to right; spindle above leaf. SNG ANS 506. | Text | Image |
| Johnston D3.10 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 280 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Demeter right, wearing earring and necklace; ΔI behind / META right, seven-grained barley ear with leaf to left; amphora above leaf, [TA] beneath leaf. SNG ANS 509. | Text | Image |
| Johnston D4.2 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 290-280 BC. AR Nomos. Bearded head of Herakles right, in thin hair band over curled hair; club over shoulder and lionskin secured by knotted paws at truncation / META to left, small six-grained barley ear with leaf to right; kantharos above leaf. SNG ANS -. | Text | Image |
| Johnston D4.9 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 290-280 BC. Head of Demeter right, wreathed with grain, DI behind neck / Barley ear with leaf on right, cornucopia containing two grain ears above leaf, F[I] under leaf. SNG ANS 516, HN Italy 1624. | Text | Image |
| Johnston D4.12 | Metapontion. c280 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Demeter right, AEI behind / META, Seven-grained barley ear with leaf to right; cornucopiae above leaf, ΦI beneath leaf, ant left. SNG ANS 516. | Text | Image |
| Johnston D4.15 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Stater. ca 280 BC. Head of Demeter right, wreathed with grain, ΔI behind / META, grain ear with leaf on right, two amphorae above leaf, ΦI beneath leaf. | Text | Image |
| Johnston D4.16 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 290-280 BC. Wreathed head of Demeter right, in triple-pendant earring and necklace; D behind / META, ear of barley with seven grains, leaf to right; above leaf, star above two amphoras; ΦI beneath leaf. SNG ANS 517, HN Italy 1625. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Johnston D4.5 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Stater. ca 290–280 BC. Bearded head of Leucippus right in laureate, crested Corinthian helmet, ÄI behind neck / META, barley ear with leaf on right, triskeles above leaf, ΦI below. SNG ANS 515, HN Italy 1622. | Text | Image |
| Johnston F1.3 | Metapontum, Lucania. c320-228 BC. AR Reduced Drachm. Owl standing right on olive branch / META upwards, ear of barley, cauduceus above leaf at right. | Text | Image |
| Johnston F5.1 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Diobol. ca 325-275 BC. Laureate head of Zeus Ammon right / META upward on left, ear of barley with seven grains, leaf to right; owl standing right on leaf, P beneath leaf. SNG Lockett 432. | Text | Image |
| Johnston G2 | Metapontum, Lucania. c330-300 BC. AV Sixth Stater. Head of Hera right, wearing stephane / META, six-grained ear of barley. | Text | Image |
| Johnston G3 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 302 BC. AV Third Stater or Diobol of Italic-Achaean Standard. Three-quarter facing head of Nike, slightly right, in necklace and earrings, her hair is rolled back from her face, apparently gathered behind and falling loose beside her neck, NIKA upward to right / METAPON, six-grained barley ear with curled leaf to right. | Text | Image |
| Johnston G5 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 280-279 BC. AV Third Stater or Diobol of Attic Standard. Bearded head of Leukippos right, in crested Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone / M-E, two six-grained barley ears, each leaf to the outside; ΣI between. SNG ANS 397. | Text | Image |
| Noe 11 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 550-510 BC. AR Nomos. MET, ear of barley of eight grains / Incuse ear of barley. | Text | Image |
| Noe 19 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos. Ear of barley with eight grains / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. SNG ANS 169, HN Italy 1459. | Text | Image |
| Noe 20 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 540-510 BC. MET downwards on left, ear of barley with nine grains / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. SNG ANS 169. | Text | Image |
| Noe 22 | Metapontum, Lucania. AR Stater, ca 540-510 BC, 29 mm, 8.05 g. MET downwards to left of ear of barley with eight grains / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. Noe 22; HN Italy 1459. | Text | Image |
| Noe 30 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 540-510 BC. AR Third Nomos. MET downwards on left, ear of barley with seven grains / MET (raised) downwards on right, incuse ear of barley with seven grains. SNG ANS 176. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Noe 34cf | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 540-510 BC. AR Obol. MET, broad ear of barley with five grains / MET retrograde, incuse ear of barley. | Text | Image |
| Noe 40cf | Lucania. Metapontum AR Stater. ca 540–510 BC. MET, barley ear / Incuse barley ear. Cf. Noe 40–44. HN Italy 1463. | Text | Image |
| Noe 42 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 530-500 BC. AR Nomos. MET downwards on left, ear of barley with seven grains / Incuse ear of barley with seven grains. SNG ANS 180. | Text | Image |
| Noe 47 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 430-400 BC. AR Obol. Ear of barley with four grains / Ox head facing. | Text | Image |
| Noe 61cf | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 550-510 BC. AR Obol (0.39 gm). Ear of barley; Q at left, MET at right. | Text | Image |
| Noe 82 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Third Stater. ca 540–510 BC. META, barley ear / Incuse barley ear. HN Italy 1468. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Noe 92 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 540-510 BC. ME-TA, ear of barley with seven grains / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. SNG ANS 198, SNGCop 1160. | Text | Image |
| Noe 97 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Nomos. ME-TA, ear of barley with seven grains / Incuse ear of barley with seven grains. | Text | Image |
| Noe 114 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Nomos. META right, ear of barley with eight grains / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. | Text | Image |
| Noe 127 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 540-510 BC. AR Nomos. META upwards on right, ear of barley with eight grains / Incuse ear of barley with nine grains. SNG ANS 215-216. | Text | Image |
| Noe 134 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 540-510 BC. AR Nomos. META downwards on left, ear of barley with seven grains / Incuse ear of barley with seven grains. | Text | Image |
| Noe 136 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 540-510 BC. AR Nomos. Ear of barley with eight grains / Incuse ear of barley with seven grains. SNG ANS 218, HN Italy 1481. | Text | Image |
| Noe 166 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 495-480. META, ear of barley / incuse of obverse. Johnston-Noe 166 (same dies); Gorini 23; SNG ANS 223; SNG Cop-; HN Italy 1482. | Text | Image |
| Noe 173 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Stater. ca 510–470 BC or later. META, barley ear / Incuse barley ear. McClean 890, HN Italy 1482. | Text | Image |
| Noe 180 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Nomos. META right, ear of barley with eight grains / Incuse ear of barley with eight grains. | Text | Image |
| Noe 201 | Metapontum, Lucania. c460 BC. AR Nomos. Grain ear with six grains; META upwards to left / Grain-ear incuse, six grains. SNG ANS 237. | Text | Image |
| Noe 205 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 510-470 BC. AR Nomos. Ear of barley with six grains / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. SNG ANS 237, HN Italy 1482. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| Noe 217 | Metapontum, Lucania. AR Stater, ca 500-480 BC, 22 mm, 7.83 g. MET to left of six-grained ear of barley, small lizard with head upwards in right field (resembles a dolphin) / Seven grained ear of barley incuse. Noe 217; SNG Cop 1168. | Text | Image |
| Noe 222 | Lucania. Metapontum AR Stater. ca 470–440 BC. META, barley ear, ram’s head right, facing upward, in left field / Incuse barley ear. HN Italy 1485. | Text | Image |
| Noe 224 | Metapontum, Lucania, AR Stater ca 470-440 BC 20 mm 7.77g. MET retrograde upwards to right of five grained ear with small additional terminal grain, ram's head upward to left / Incuse six grained ear, with usual die break on reverse. Noe 224,SNG ANS 247. | Text | Image |
| Noe 238 | Metapontum, Lucania. AR Stater, ca 470-440 BC, 21 mm, 8.07 g. META retrograde downwards to right of ear of barley with six grains, remains of ram's head symbol in left field / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. Noe 238; HN Italy 1459. | Text | Image |
| Noe 246 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 465-450 BC. Ear of barley with six grains / Incuse ear of barley with six grains. SNG ANS 253. | Text | Image |
| Noe 264 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Triobol. ca 470-440 BC. Ear of barley with six grains / Incuse bucranium. SNG ANS 260, SNGCop 1176. | Text | Image |
| Noe 275 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 500-465 BC. AR Diobol. Ear of barley / Incuse bucranium. | Text | Image |
| Noe 286 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 470-440 BC. AR Triobol. META upwards on right, ear of barley with five grains / Incuse bucranium. SNG ANS 269. | Text | Image |
| Noe 314 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 440-430 BC. AR Nomos. META upwards on right, ear of barley with six grains / Nude Apollo standing left, holding laurel tree in right hand, bow in left. SNG ANS 277, SNG Cop 1185. | Text | Image |
| Noe 320a | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 440-430 BC. AR Half Nomos. Ear of barley with six grains / Apollo standing facing, head right, holding bow; all within laurel wreath. SNG ANS 279, HN Italy 1497. | Text | Image |
| Noe 322 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Stater. ca 430–400 BC. Head of Demeter right, wearing cruciform earring and spendone covered by veil, cross-torch before face (off flan this specimen) / MET-AΠO, barley ear.SNG ANS 280, HN Italy 1511. | Text | Image |
| Noe 379g | Metapontum, Lucania, ca 420-410 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Demeter right, hair tied with fillet wrapped twice around head / META right, six-grained barley ear with leaf to left. SNG ANS 299. | Text | Image |
| Noe 422 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 375 BC. Obv signed by the artist Aristoxenos. AR Nomos. Head of Demeter left in necklace, triple-pendant earring and wreath of olive leaves; ARISTOXE in small letters on the truncation of the neck / META right, seven-grained barley ear with leaf to left. SNG ANS 325. | Text | Image |
| Noe 433 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 380-340 BC. Signed obverse by Aristoxenos. Head of Kore left, wearing ampyx and earring / META right, six-grained barley ear with leaf to right. Noe 433, Jameson 277. | Text | Image |
| Noe 455 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 340-330 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Dionysos left / Barley ear; leaf to right. | Text | Image |
| Noe 461 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 400-350 BC. Head of Apollo to right, rev. corn ear, META to left. SNG Lockett 393, SNG ANS 349. | Text | Image |
| Noe 477 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 380-340 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Demeter right, in single-pendant earring, hair in a sphendone; LUDO (retrograde) behind / META left, six-grained barley ear with leaf to right. SNG ANS 361. | Text | Image |
| Noe 501 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 350 BC. Female head right, hair rolled and bound by broad fillet, in pendant earring / MET, barley ear with leaf on left. SNG ANS 377. | Text | Image |
| Noe 515 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 325-280 BC. AR Nomos. Female head right, hair in sakkos / META (downwards), Barley ear. | Text | Image |
| Noe 524d | Metapontum, Lucania AR Stater. ca 350-340 BC. Head of Demeter left, hair rolled / Barley ear with leaf on right, ivy leaf in upper right field. | Text | Image |
| Noe 526 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 350-340 BC. AR Nomos. Female head left, in a single-pendant necklace and earring / META upwards on left, seven-grained barley ear with leaf to right, raised panel inscribed |-HP beneath a murex shell between the leaf and barley ear. Jameson 2398. | Text | Image |
| Pozzi 197 | Lucani, Metapontum AR Nomos. Time of Alexander the Molossian, 333-331 BC. Head of Demeter right wearing triple pendant earring and necklace, and a veil almost transparent above her head / META, seven-grained ear of barley, leaf at left supporting a mouse. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 470 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. 330-290 BC. Head of Demeter right / Ear of grain, plow to right. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 486 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 325-280 BC. Wreathed head of Demeter left / Barley ear with seven grains, META to right, leaf, amphora and ΦI to left. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 541 | Metapontum, Lucania, The Lucani AR Drachm. Time of Pyrrhos, ca 278-276 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right, in Attic helmet decorated with a wing / Barley ear; LK monogram to left, club over leaf to right. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 550 | Metapontum, Lucania. Time of Hannibal. ca 212-206 BC. AR Half Shekel. Helmeted head of Athena right / META left, six-grained barley ear, leaf to right; owl in flight above leaf. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 551 | Metapontum, Lucania. Time of Hannibal. ca 212-206 BC. AR Half Shekel. Helmeted head of Athena right / META left, six-grained barley ear, leaf to right; owl in flight above leaf. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 552 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 425-350 BC. AE 20mm Obol. Hermes standing left, holding patera over thymiaterion / Grain-ear. Rutter HN 1639. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 554 | Metapontum, Lucania. Circa 425-350 BC. AE 21mm Obol. Head of Demeter right / Grain-ear. Rutter HN 1640. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 565 | Metapontum, Lucania. 300-250 BC. AE 15mm, 3.79 gr. Athena Alkidemos walking right, holding thunderbolt and shield / META, owl standing right, wings closed, on stalk of barley-ear or grain ear. Johnston 68a; HNItaly 1704; SNG Cop. 1254; SNG ANS 565. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 566 | Metapontum, Lucania. 300-250 BC. AE 15mm, 3.13 g. Athena Alkidemos walking left, brandishing thunderbolt and holding shield / META, owl standing left, wings closed, on stalk of barley or grain ear. Johnston 68c; HN Italy 1704; SNG ANS 566. | Text | Image |
| SNG ANS 574 | Metapontum, Lucania AE11. 4th century BC. Head of Demeter right / META, ear of barley. | Text | Image |
| SNGCop 1164 | Metapontum, Lucania. c530-510 BC. Silver Stater. Ear of corn / as obverse, but in incuse. | Text | Image |
| SNGCop 1226 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Didrachm. Late 4th century BC. Wreathed head of Persephone left / barley ear, META to right, left to left with altar symbol upon it. | Text | Image |
| SNGCop 1227 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. Head of Persephone right / Ear of barley, plow to right. | Text | Image |
| SNGCop 1241 | Metapontum, Lucania issue for Lucania. Circa 212-207 BC. AR Drachm (2.87 gm). Helmeted head of Athena right / Grain-ear with leaf right; LYK monogram to left, club to right. | Text | Image |
| SNGCop 1242 | Lucania. Metapontion AE Obol. ca 350-300 BC. Hermes standing left / Ear of corn | Text | Image |
| SNGCop 1249v | Metapontium, Lucania AE16. 4th-3rd century BC. Helmeted head of Leucippus left / META, Persephone standing, holding long torch, cross pieces at top, left hand resting on hip, ear of barley at right. BMC 196v. | Text | Image |
| SNGCop 1251 | Metapontum, Lucania. ca 300-250 BC. AE 17mm. Head of Athena 3/4 facing right / Barley ear with leaf to right; at right, cross-torch; at left, META. SNG ANS 1270. | Text | Image |
| SNG Cop 1266 | Metapontum, Lucania. AE 12 mm. 2.09 gr. 350-300 BC. Radiate head of Helios facing / M-E, Three grains of barley, torch above. SNG Cop. 1266; SNG ANS 579. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 235 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Stater. ca 500-480 BC. Ear of barley, META to right / incuse of obverse. McClean 902, BMC 9. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 239 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Diobol. 500-465 BC. Ear of barley with five grains / Incuse bucranium. Noe 275cf. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 408 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Obol, 24th Stater. ca 400-350 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress knotted at base of neck / Grain ear. SNG Oxford 802; SNG Stockholm 193. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 409 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 400-350 BC. Signed dies by Aristoxenes. Head of Demeter right, hair bound with a single ear of barley, and wearing necklace, corn-grain behind, API on truncation of neck. / Ear of corn, METAΠON to right. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 414 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Double Nomos. 350-330 BC. Bearded head of Leukippos right, wearing Corinthian helmet ornamented with Nike in a galloping quadriga; behind, forepart of a lion right, AΠI behind / METAΠONTINΩN, barley ear with seven grains; leaf with club, AMI below to left. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 416 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. 330-300 BC. Head of Demeter right / META, ear of corn. plow with MAN below to right. | Text | Image |
| Sear SG 622 | Metapontum, Lucania. AE 17mm. ca 300-250 BC. Eagle standing left with wings spread; wreath left / META, ear of barley; large thunderbolt right. Johnston 39; SNG ANS 603; BMC 190. | Text | Image |
| Triton VIII, 34 | Metapontum, Lucania AR Nomos. ca 340-330 BC. ΔAMOKΡATIA, laureate head of Demokratia (Democracy) left, in single-pendant earring and neckalce / META downward on right, ear of barley with six grains, leaf to left; I-H above leaf, crossed torches below. cf BMC 127 without obv. legend. | Text | Image |
| See also: | Magna Graecia Coins of Metapontion |
