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| Issuer | Herakleia (Lucania) |
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| Year | 280 BC - 150 BC |
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| Weight | 1.61 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of Herakles facing right, draped in the Nemean lion skin headdress, with the scalp and open jaws of the lion visible above the hero's brow. The facial features are rendered in a vigorous Hellenistic style, with well-defined musculature and curling hair visible beneath the lion skin. The flan is irregular, and the field is otherwise plain. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΗΡΑΚΛ |
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Herakleia was founded jointly by Taras and Thourioi around 433 BC as a buffer settlement, and its bronze coinage reflects the city's persistent navigation between Tarentine dominance and Roman encroachment. By the mid-third century, the city had formally entered the Roman alliance following the defeat of Pyrrhus, a shift that gradually reduced local monetary autonomy without immediately eliminating it. Small bronzes of this type continued circulating well into the second century as fractional currency for everyday transactions the silver coinage couldn't serve.