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Æ Double Unit
| Issuer | Herakleia (Lucania) |
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| Year | 280 BC - 150 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Herakles and the Erymanthian Boar depicted in high relief: the hero, shown nude and striding to the right, wrestles a large boar upward, preparing to cast it into the sea or a vessel below. The figures are rendered in a robust Hellenistic style typical of South Italian bronze coinage. The ethnic legend HΡAKΛEIΩN appears in Greek characters along the lower portion of the field, identifying the issuing city of Herakleia in Lucania. |
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| Obverse lettering | HΡAKΛEIΩN |
| Reverse description | A standing draped female figure, likely Athena or a local deity, faces left in three-quarter view, wearing a long chiton and himation. She extends one hand toward a flaming altar or torch set upon a base to her left, while her other arm rests at her side or holds a patera. The figure is rendered in a flowing Hellenistic style characteristic of South Italian bronze issues, with the field largely plain around the central motif. |
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