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| Issuer | Herakleia (Lucania) |
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| Year | 280 BC - 150 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Beardless head of Herakles facing right, wearing a wreath; auxiliary symbols, which may include a star, cornucopiae, shell, or club, appear sporadically in the field. The portraiture is rendered in a compact, provincial style characteristic of South Italian bronze coinage of the Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse description | The Herakleian civic emblems are displayed in a stacked horizontal arrangement: a strung bow above, a knotted club in the centre, and a quiver below, all rendered in low relief. A Greek legend appears above the devices. The composition is typical of the autonomous bronze coinage of Herakleia in Lucania and underscores the city's mythological association with Herakles. |
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| Mint | Herakleia, Lucania |
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