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Diobol
| Issuer | Herakleia (Lucania) |
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| Year | 432 BC - 420 BC |
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| Value | Diobol (⅓) |
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| Reverse description | A lion crouching and striding to the right, rendered with vigorous archaic naturalism, its mane finely detailed and head turned slightly forward. The animal is depicted above a ground line, conveying strength and forward movement. The ethnic inscription HE (for Herakleia) appears in Greek letters, partially visible in the lower exergual area and left field of the flan. |
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| Reverse lettering | HE |
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Herakleia was founded jointly by Taras and Thurii around 433 BC, making the earliest issues from this mint nearly contemporary with the city's establishment. The political tension between those two founding powers — Sparta-descended Taras and Athenian-influenced Thurii — played out in the coinage itself, with early types showing competing iconographic influences before a more settled municipal identity emerged.
At just over a gram, this denomination circulated as a practical fractional piece in a region where Greek colonial trade demanded a full range of silver fractions.