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| Issuer | Graxa (Calabria) |
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| Year | 250 BC - 225 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΓΡΑ |
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Graxa was a minor Messapian settlement in Calabria whose civic coinage is among the least documented of any Italian Bronze Age community — the site itself has never been conclusively identified in the archaeological record, and its exact political status during the period of issue remains disputed. These bronzes appear to have been struck during a window of relative autonomy before Roman consolidation of the region following the Pyrrhic War effectively ended independent minting by smaller Apulian and Messapian communities.