TYPE Ancient Greece, Metapontion (Lucania), 330-300 BC silver stater, 7.66g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Head of Demeter to r., wreathed with grain Rev: Ear of barley; star and plow to its right, Greek 'META' to the left REFERENCE: SG 416v GRADING: VF+ / VF, some toning, slightly irregular edge ORDER INFO: G1288, $315 A popular issue from the artistically famous Magna Graecia time (Classical Greek colonies in southern Italy). The reverse ear of barley is a city-badge typical in its coinage, but the Demeter obverse completes this as an all-around "harvest theme" issue.