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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 | Wreathed head of Demeter facing left, her flowing hair rendered in fine wavy locks falling about the neck. The goddess wears a wreath of grain or leaves set atop her head, and the portrait is executed in the refined Hellenistic style characteristic of Lucanian bronze coinage. The field is plain, and the coin's irregular flan exhibits the dotted border visible along the upper right rim. |
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| Reverse description | A single upright grain ear occupies the center of the field, depicted with careful naturalistic detail showing the individual grains along the stalk and a small terminal knob at the base. The Greek ethnic legend ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΩ is inscribed vertically to the right of the grain ear, identifying the issuing city of Herakleia. The design is set on a plain field within an irregular flan, consistent with the hammered bronze coinage of this Lucanian Greek colony. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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