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<p>[QUOTE="Mike Margolis, post: 4613062, member: 88401"]Metapontion Lucania AR Stater : Ear of Corn with Grasshopper</p><p>ca. 510-480 BCE</p><p>Obv: Ear of corn, grasshopper to left and META (retrograde) to right</p><p>Rev: Incuse ear of corn</p><p>XF example with clear details on both sides. Much scarcer type with the grasshopper on the obverse. 21mm, 8.1gms</p><p>Thanks to [USER=76544]@Brian Bucklan[/USER] at Bargain Bin Ancients for this one! Dane at Wildwinds says hello Brian, she listed this coin. Stay safe down there in Florida please. [ATTACH=full]1142528[/ATTACH]</p><p>from an acsearch listing: "The most interesting type of the incuse coinage of Metapontum certainly must be the issues which include the locust (or grasshopper) design detail, as here. There are a number of variations. Here it is paired with a dolphin in outline(not visible on this strike anyway). The locust would have been a serious threat to the agricultural community and likely the dolphin relates to Apollo who would have been seen as the God who eliminated a plague of these insects in the year this coin was struck.</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Post your plague related coinage or Lucanian issues</span>:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Margolis, post: 4613062, member: 88401"]Metapontion Lucania AR Stater : Ear of Corn with Grasshopper ca. 510-480 BCE Obv: Ear of corn, grasshopper to left and META (retrograde) to right Rev: Incuse ear of corn XF example with clear details on both sides. Much scarcer type with the grasshopper on the obverse. 21mm, 8.1gms Thanks to [USER=76544]@Brian Bucklan[/USER] at Bargain Bin Ancients for this one! Dane at Wildwinds says hello Brian, she listed this coin. Stay safe down there in Florida please. [ATTACH=full]1142528[/ATTACH] from an acsearch listing: "The most interesting type of the incuse coinage of Metapontum certainly must be the issues which include the locust (or grasshopper) design detail, as here. There are a number of variations. Here it is paired with a dolphin in outline(not visible on this strike anyway). The locust would have been a serious threat to the agricultural community and likely the dolphin relates to Apollo who would have been seen as the God who eliminated a plague of these insects in the year this coin was struck. [COLOR=#ff0000]Post your plague related coinage or Lucanian issues[/COLOR]:[/QUOTE]
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