... of Metapontion, 300-250 BC

Johnston 58   1.72 g   SNG X Morcom 293, rev. META[PO]         




Johnston 38-45 (i) Reverse symbol related to obverse type


Johnston 46-51 (ii) Cross-torch symbol

Johnston 49   obv. hd young Herakles r, wearing lion-skin knotted under chin/ rev. ear of barley, META upwards l, leaf r, cross-torch above (on leaf)
2.36 - 2.90 g   14 mm

2.64 g   AG van der Dussen 23 (1995) 893
2.53 g   SNG Munchen 1023
2.47 g   SNG Copenhagen 1252
.... g   SNG Evans 238
.... g   BMC 173*
.... g   Berlin Imhoof
.... g   Pozzi 533 (pl 553) Lloyd 410


Johnston 52-55 (iii) Race-torch symbol

Johnston 52   obv. hd young Herakles r, wearing lion-skin knotted under chin/ rev. ear of barley, META upwards l, leaf r, race-torch above
2.38 - 2.95 g   15 mm

2.88 g   SNG ANS 570
2.83 g   SNG ANS 569
2.70 g   Munthandel G. Henzen, list 154 (2004) 12. 47,50 EUR > pc W 568   
2.60 g   Muenzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH Auction 17 (2005) 60. Price realized: 70 EUR
.... g   SNG Evans 240
.... g   SNG Lloyd 410
.... g   Paris 1246
.... g   Berlin 1st ex
.... g   Berlin 2nd ex
.... g   Berlin 3rd ex
.... g   Vienna 4205
.... g   Brussels Hirsch 171
.... g   private collection*
.... g   SNG Oxford, Historia Numorum Italy 1688


Johnston 56-61 (iv) Miscellaneous

Johnston 58   obv. hd young Herakles r, wearing lion-skin / rev. ear of barley, META[PO] upwards l, leaf r, tripod above
2.35 - 3.03 g   15 mm

3.03 g   SNG ANS 571
2.62 g   Munthandel G.Henzen lijst 175 (2007) 18. 50 EUR   
2.57 g   Numismatica Ars Classica Auction O (2004) 1141. Price realized: 200 CHF 
                                              A Selection of Coins of Magna Graecia and Sicily from the A.D.M. Collection
2.35 g   Munthandel G. Henzen, 2004. 65,- EUR > pc W 578
1.72 g   SNG X Morcom 293, rev. META[PO]
.... g   BMC 172, Historia Numorum Italy 1694
.... g   Paris 1247
.... g   Berlin Imhoof
.... g   private collection*

Johnston 60   obv. hd young Herakles r, wearing lion-skin / rev. ear of barley, META upwards l, leaf r, no symbol
2.06 - 3.38 g   14 mm

3.38 g   Triton V (2002) 69
3.12 g   Lindgren I 266
2.70 g   Collection Maurice Laffaille Monnaies grecques en bronze 54
2.59 g   Munthandel G. Henzen, list 164 (2005) 20. 33, - EUR > pc W 614   
2.58 g   Baldwin's Auctions Ltd, Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals, M&M Numismatics Ltd The New York Sale IX (2005) 7. Price realized: 180 USD
2.56 g   Munthandel G. Henzen, 2004. 50,- EUR > pc W 579
2.58 g   SNG Evelpidis 227
2.51 g   SNG ANS 567
2.48 g   SNG II Lloyd 411*
2.08 g   SNG ANS 568
2.06 g   SNG Copenhagen 1253
1.93 g  Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger Auction 371 (2002) 11. EUR 100.- 
.... g   SNG Evans 239
.... g   BMC 174, Historia Numorum Italy 1696
.... g   Hunter 59
.... g   McClean 1012
.... g   Weber 793
.... g   Paris de Luynes 520
.... g   Paris 1245
.... g   Vienna 4206
.... g   Berlin 10618
.... g   Naville XVI 190
.... g   private collection*

Johnston 49, 52, 58 or 60

2.91 g   SNG Munchen 1022
2.80 g   SNG Munchen 1024
2.58 g   Schulman auction 287 1154 (BMC 174)
2.52 g   Munthandel G. Henzen 146 (2004), 10   [neck exergue different]     



Johnston 62-65 (v) Fly symbol flans double the thickness