ITALY. Lucania, Metapontum (c.400-340 B.C.), Silver Stater, 7.73g,. Head of Demeter facing to left, wearing an earring. Rev. [M]ETAΠO[…], ear of barley, a leaf on right with an ivy-leaf above (Noe 522 (these dies); SNG ANS 389 (these dies); HN Italy 1545). Metapontum was another of the wealthy Greek colonies in Magna Graecia. Throughout the extensive series of staters that Metapontum issued, ...