Quincunx

Luceria, a Latin colony in Apulia, struck bronze coinage during a window of acute military crisis — these years overlap almost exactly with Hannibal's Italian campaign, including the catastrophic Roman defeat at Cannae in 216 BC. Whether Luceria's mint was producing to supply local military logistics or simply continuing colonial monetary tradition under extreme duress is unresolved, but the timing is difficult to ignore. The colony itself was strategically vital, garrisoned and contested throughout this period.

The quincunx denomination — five unciae — appears rarely in colonial bronze series and Luceria's output is among the better-documented examples of it.