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Semuncia
| Issuer | Luceria (Apulia) |
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| Year | 211 BC - 200 BC |
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| Weight | 1.82 g |
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| Obverse description | Jugate busts of the Dioskouroi facing right, each wearing a laureate pileus, rendered in low relief within a dotted border. The overlapping effigies are depicted in a schematic Italic style characteristic of Apulian bronze coinage of the late third century BC. The flan shows the green patina typical of well-seasoned ancient bronze. No legend or inscription appears in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Luceria was one of the earliest Roman colonies in Apulia, planted there in 314 BC specifically to anchor Roman control over a strategically exposed region. The city produced its own bronze fractional coinage under Roman authority during the Second Punic War and its immediate aftermath — a period when Hannibal had ravaged much of the Italian south and local monetary supply chains were badly disrupted. These small bronzes filled a real gap in everyday exchange when the broader Roman monetary system was under severe strain.
The semuncia, worth half an uncia, is the smallest denomination in this municipal series.