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Diobol
| Issuer | Herakleia (Lucania) |
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| Year | 340 BC - 330 BC |
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| Value | Diobol (⅓) |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Herakleia (Lucania) |
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| Additional information |
Herakleia was a joint foundation of Taras and Thurioi established in 433 BC, and its coinage reflects that dual inheritance — the city borrowed heavily from Tarentine monetary conventions while asserting its own civic identity through distinct types. By the 340s, Herakleia had become the meeting place of the Italiote League, giving its mint a political weight disproportionate to the city's modest size.
The diobol denomination served small-transaction commerce in a region where larger silver fractions dominated prestige exchange. HN Italy 1381 places this issue within a tightly sequenced group distinguished by subtle die differences that remain a useful tool for establishing relative chronology within the series.