Obverse: Demeter wearing a barley wreath
Reverse: Wheat with plow and leaf
Circa 330–280 BCE
Ancient coins from Metapontum, in the Greek region of Lucania (Southern Italy), are famous for their beautiful designs, especially featuring the barley ear, symbolizing the city's agricultural wealth, often paired with deities like Demeter.
Demeter is the ancient Greek Olympian goddess of agriculture, the harvest, fertility, and sacred law, known for teaching humanity farming and grain cultivation, but most famous for her myth with daughter Persephone, whose abduction by Hades plunged the world into winter until her return, linking Demeter to the seasons, death, and the afterlife.
*Pendant hangs from a detachable, 14k gold and diamond clasp enhancer to layer with added charms and pendants.
- Argentum (AR) silver Stater / 14k Gold
- 3mm Champagne Diamond
- 14k gold diamond bail clasp
- 20 mm diameter (approximately the size of a U.S. quarter)
NGC Certified Authentic — 5872806-038 (Choice Very Fine)
- Certificate of Authentication provided
- Arrives in satin pouch / gift box with polishing cloth
- Chain not included
Not produced - hand crafted by Cynthia Green one-at-a-time
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