Metapontion, Lucania AR Stater, 21 mm, 8.1 g. ca 510-480 BC.

META (retrograde) upwards to right of ear of corn with grasshopper to left.
META (retrograde) downwards to left of incuse ear of corn.

BMC 26; Noe 260.
Scarce.

Contributed by Michael Margolis, Jan 2020.

Note: Noe's cites BMC 26 under his no. 258, ("locust downwards"), whereas BMC 26 has the locust upwards.