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Metapontum 470-440 BC AR diobol 0.64 g 0.94 cm 0.94 cm

obverse: barley-ear
reverse: barley-grain incuse 2 anulets
Rutter HNI 1488, Noe 306
Harlan J. Berk Ltd. 107th buy or bid (1999) 102 

475/470-440 B
Diobol, sometimes indicated by 2 annulets
1/12 stater 11 grains (=0.712)

Noe
    ear                                    / incuse barley-grain
297 6-grains                               /                      10   mm 0.63    obol Copenhagen 1181
---                                        /                              0.69  diobol The Fabricius Coll, Denmark SNG65
298 6-grains                               /                      10   mm 0.68    obol Naville Sale V 443
299 5-grains, border of dots?              / 2 annulets           10.5 mm 0.77  diobol Munich 947
---                                                                       0.77  diobol Pozzi coll. 471
300 4-grains                               / 2 annulets           10   mm 0.84? diobol Berlin
301 4-grains, upper smaller                / 2 annulets           10   mm ----  diobol Berlin
302 4-grains                               /                      10   mm 0.70  diobol Vienna
303 5-grains, linear border                /                      10.5 mm ----  diobol Naples (Santangelo) 
304 6-grains, linear border touching narrow/                 11 x  7.5 mm 0.74  diobol Cambridge (Leake) F.473 
305 6-grains, 2 annulets                   /                      10   mm ----  diobol Berlin
---                                                              --       ----         Naples (Santangelo) 
---                                                              --       0.66         Vienna
---                                                              --       0.81         Cambridge (mcClean 913)
---                                                                       0.53         ANS 274
---                                                                                    Lloyd 322 
306 4-grains, 2 annulets, linear border    / 2 annulets            8.5 mm 0.65  diobol Sir H. Weber Coll. 741
---                                                                                    Lockett 378
307 6-grains, 2 annulets                   / 2 annulets           10   mm ----    obol Hermitage
---                                                                       0.85  diobol Stockholm 191
---                                                                       0.78         London BMC 44
308 5-grains, border of dots ME, ivy leaf  /                      10.5 mm 0.69  diobol Berlin
---                                                                       0.82         ANS 275
309 4-grains, ME?, grasshopper             /                      11   mm ----  diobol Berlin