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ID:     730698
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Greek
Region:     LUCANIA
City:     Metapontum
Date Ruled:     Circa 450-350 BC
Metal:     Bronze
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC Circa 450-350
Diameter:     20 mm
Weight:     8.59 g
Obverse Legend:     ME
Obverse Description:     Head of Demeter right, wearing barley wreath; ME before
Reverse Legend:     ΟΒΟΛΟΣ
Reverse Description:     Barley ear; poppy-head to right
Primary Reference:     Johnston, "The Bronze Coinage of Metapontum" in Kraay-MØrkholm Essays, pg. 122, 4
Reference2:     SNG ANS 554 (same dies)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=19273
Grade:     Good VF, dark green-brown patina
Notes:     $495.