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Metapontum 250-200 BC AE AE15 2.84 g 1.5 cm 1.5 cm 11h

obverse: Athena Alkidemos charging r with shield and spear
reverse: owl r on stalk of barley-ear META upwards l
Johnston 68a
Munthandel G. Henzen list 146 (2004) 11 vw 515, 25 euro

Athena Alkidemos or Alcidemus (defender of the people, demos) was the epithet of Athena, the city-goddess of many Greek poleis