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A silver third stater of Metapontion showing Pegasos and grain Coin Type: Silver third stater from Metapontion in Luciana.
Mint and Date: Metapontion, c. 4th century BCE?
Size and Weight: 15mm x 16mm, 2.71g
Obverse: Pegasos walking left, with curled wing.
Reverse: Ear of wheat
META to left, smaller wheat ear to right.
Provenance: biggyg2 (eBay), February 2011
Ref: mdash;
BW Ref: 001 052 167
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Note: No definitive attribution or date has been found for this coin, though with the wheat motif and the word META on the reverse it is clearly from Metapontion. The appearance is archaic, but it does not resemble the typical 5th century BCE coins of Metapontion, which have an incuse reverse.

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