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Triens
| Issuer | Copia |
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| Year | 193 BC - 150 BC |
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| Value | Triens (⅓) |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Minerva facing right, depicted in the Italic tradition with a crested helmet. Four pellets arranged in the left field serve as the value mark for the triens denomination. The portrait displays archaic stylistic characteristics typical of Roman-allied bronze coinage of the second century BC, with broad facial features and a simply rendered neck truncation. |
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| Mint | Copia (Thurii) |
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Copia was the Roman colonial name for Thurii, refounded as a Latin colony in 193 BC following the devastation of the Second Punic War. The colony's bronze coinage, including this triens, was produced under Roman colonial authority and circulated locally in the heel of Italy during a period when Rome was still consolidating its grip on the south. Colonial bronze of this type rarely traveled far — most examples found archaeologically turn up within a tight radius of the original settlement.