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1 Didrachm
| Issuer | Cora |
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| Year | 268 BC - 240 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of a male deity, most likely Zeus or a local hero, facing left, rendered in the Italic-Greek style characteristic of Central Italian coinages of the early third century BC. The hair is depicted in thick, flowing locks, with a laurel wreath encircling the crown. The facial features show pronounced modeling with a strong jaw and detailed eye, reflecting the influence of Campanian die engravers. The flan is irregular and slightly off-center, typical of hammered coinage of this period. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Cora was a Latin town in the Volscian hills south of Rome, and its coinage is exceptionally rare — the city struck silver on only a very limited scale, likely during the period when Latin communities retained a degree of monetary autonomy before Roman administrative consolidation rendered local issues obsolete. HN Italy 247 is known from a handful of specimens, and the precise dating window remains debated among scholars of central Italian numismatics.