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1 As
| Issuer | Uncertain city of Central Italy |
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| Year | 301 BC - 201 BC |
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| Technique | Cast |
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| Obverse description | Head of Hercules facing right, wearing the Nemean lion's skin as a headdress, the scalp draped over the crown of the head with the lion's muzzle and open jaws visible above the brow. The facial features are rendered in a bold, archaic Italic style characteristic of central Italian aes grave coinage, with flowing locks of hair visible beneath the pelt. The field is plain and uninscribed. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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These heavy cast bronzes — the aes grave issues of pre-Roman central Italy — were produced before the Roman monetary system fully absorbed the region's local traditions. At over 300 grams, this piece dates to a period when the as was still theoretically tied to the Roman libral standard, though by the mid-third century that standard was already being eroded by the financial pressures of the First Punic War. The issuing city remains unattributed with certainty; Haeberlin's classification acknowledges the ambiguity without resolving it.