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| Issuer | Uxentum |
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| Year | 125 BC - 90 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Janiform head depicted in archaic Italic style, presenting two confronted profiles joined at the crown, rendered in low relief on a broad, irregular flan. The double bust occupies the central field with bold, somewhat stylized facial features characteristic of South Italian municipal bronze coinage of the late Republican period. The surfaces show typical wear and patination consistent with circulation. |
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| Mintage | ND (125 BC - 90 BC) |
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Uxentum, modern Ugento in the heel of Apulia, issued bronze coinage during a period when the city maintained enough autonomy to operate its own mint despite Roman dominance over the region following the Social War's precursors. These local bronzes circulated within a tight geographic range and were effectively rendered obsolete when Rome standardized Italian coinage after 89 BC. Survivors are typically found in agricultural contexts around the Salentine Peninsula.