Catalog
Æ20 Legend on reverse
| Issuer | Aesernia |
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| Year | 263 BC - 240 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Apollo facing left, rendered in the archaic Italic style with finely incised hair bound by a wreath of laurel leaves. The portrait is boldly modeled in high relief with strong, classical features typical of South Italian bronze coinage of the mid-Republican period. No legend or inscription appears in the field or around the periphery of the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | A man-faced bull standing to the right, a common deity symbol associated with the Samnite peoples of central Italy, with a Nike or Victory figure flying above, crowning the bull. The legend AISERNINO appears in the exergue below the bull, identifying the issuing city of Aesernia. The design is executed in a vigorous, provincial Italic style characteristic of Samnite bronze coinage of the 3rd century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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