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Æ Double Unit
| Issuer | Lucani |
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| Year | 209 BC - 207 BC |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Nike facing left, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition, depicted with outstretched wings and holding a wreath in the raised right hand and a palm branch in the left. The drapery falls in schematic folds over the body, conveying movement characteristic of Lucanian bronze issues. The ethnic legend ΛOΥΚΑΝOM is disposed in the field in archaic Oscan-influenced Greek script. The overall composition is typical of HN Italy 1450, reflecting the civic pride and martial iconography of the Lucanian federation during the Second Punic War period. |
| Reverse script | Old Italics |
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The Lucani issued coins under extreme duress during this window — Hannibal's army had been operating through southern Italy since 216 BC, and much of Lucania had effectively shifted allegiance to Carthage after Cannae. This bronze issue belongs to a period when the region's civic and military structures were collapsing under Roman reconquest pressure, making any organized mint activity a minor administrative feat in itself. The dating brackets 209–207 BC correspond closely with Rome's systematic recovery of southern Italian communities, a campaign that ended most independent coinage from the region within a generation.