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| Issuer | Uncertain city of Central Italy |
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| Year | 301 BC - 201 BC |
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| Reference(s) | ICC#321, HN Italy#402, Haeberlin#p.172, Thurlow-Ve#240, Syd#326 |
| Obverse description | Bare male head facing left, rendered in a bold, archaic Central Italian style. The facial features are summarily modeled with a prominent brow, broad nose, and thick neck, characteristic of local Italic bronze coinage of the 3rd century BC. The hair is indicated by short incuse strokes radiating from the crown. The field is plain, with no legend or inscription. |
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| Mintage | ND (301 BC - 201 BC) - Unique |
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The attribution "uncertain city of Central Italy" reflects a genuine scholarly impasse — these bronzes circulate through the literature under shifting assignments, with Haeberlin, Thurlow-Vecchi, and Sydenham each offering different candidate mints without consensus. The third century BC saw numerous small Oscan, Umbrian, and Latin communities issuing independent bronze coinage before Roman monetary integration progressively absorbed or eliminated local traditions.
ICC#321 places this piece within a loose typological grouping rather than a firm civic attribution.