mgcoins database![](images/MetaJ77_2.00_obv4.png) ![](images/MetaJ77_2.00_rev4.png) Metapontum 250-200 BC AE AE12 2 g 1.24 cm 1.22 cm 11h
obverse: hd Hermes r wearing winged diadem, thyrsos behind reverse: 3 barley-grains radiating from centre, in between caduceus M E Johnston 77 Munthandel G. Henzen list 163 (Sept 2005) 19 vw 609, 30 euro
thyrsos staff attribute of Dionysos and his satyrs. Staff ends in the shape of a pine cone (or phallus symbol). The staff is often decorated with ivy and grape leaves.
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