Catalog
1 Uncia
| Issuer | Larinum |
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| Year | 210 BC - 175 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Bare male head facing right, rendered in a bold, somewhat provincial style characteristic of southern Italian bronze coinage of the early second century BC. The portrait features strong facial features with a defined jawline, prominent nose, and short hair rendered in schematic locks. The field is plain, with no legend or border decoration. |
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| Reverse lettering | LADI - NOD (Translation: Larinum) |
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Larinum, a Frentanian town in what is now Molise, produced a limited civic bronze coinage during the late third and early second centuries BC — a period when Rome was consolidating control over exactly these kinds of semi-autonomous Italic communities. The uncia, as the smallest fractional unit, saw the heaviest use and the fastest attrition. The HN Italy 629 / Campana 8 pairing places this squarely within the documented Larinatan series, one of the more obscure municipal issues of the region.