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1 As Cantharus series
| Issuer | Uncertain city of Central Italy |
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| Year | 301 BC - 201 BC |
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| Weight | 307.12 g |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Minerva facing left, wearing a Corinthian helmet with prominent cheek guards and a raised crest. The effigy is rendered in a bold, archaic central Italian style characteristic of heavy cast aes grave coinage. The facial features are strongly modelled in high relief, with visible drapery at the neck. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The heavy cast aes grave of central Italy presents persistent attribution problems, and this cantharus series is no exception — "uncertain city" is not a cataloger's evasion but a genuine scholarly impasse. The drinking vessel type links it broadly to Campanian or Samnite cultural spheres, but no secure hoard evidence has yet pinned production to a single mint. Haeberlin's foundational 1910 study grouped these pieces typologically, and the classification has held, even as the issuing authority remains unresolved.