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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2420706, member: 19463&quot;]I, too, love the ant.&nbsp; My favorite Metapontion coin is a fraction (obol) from the early period when the reverse was the incuse of the obverse design.&nbsp; When they got down to the little silver, the reverse lost its whole head of grain and got just one kernel. At this size, that kernel is about life size on the coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]501532[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not have a full stater of Metapontion with the full grain head incuse so I&#039;ll take this opportunity to show a stater another city of Lucania, Sybaris, which used a bull in place of the grain.&nbsp; Mine is quite worn but most of these broad, thin coins you see in lower price brackets are chipped or broken.&nbsp; I preferred the wear.&nbsp; To protect its edges, I keep this one in a slab style holder but one that can be opened and reclosed.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]501533[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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