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| Issuer | Rubi |
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| Year | 300 BC - 225 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed head of Herakles facing right, rendered in the Apulian Greek style with characteristic strong profile and heavy features. The lion-skin headdress is suggested by the treatment of the hair, with the diadem visible around the head. The field to the left occasionally bears the secondary control mark Θ. The portraiture reflects the local Peucetian artistic tradition adapted from broader South Italian Hellenistic coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The Heraklean attributes — a knotted club, a quiver, and a bow — are displayed horizontally within a beaded olive or laurel wreath that encircles the entire reverse field. The Greek ethnic legend ΡΥΨ appears within the wreath, identifying the issuing community of Rubi (modern Ruvo di Puglia) in Apulia. The composition is characteristic of Peucetian civic bronze coinage of the late fourth to early third century BC, emphasizing the heroic cult of Herakles central to the region's identity. |
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| Mintage | ND (300 BC - 225 BC) |
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