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5 Units Head of Turms, with legend
| Issuer | Peithesa |
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| Year | 301 BC - 250 BC |
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| Value | 5 Units |
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| Reverse description | Owl standing facing, with spread wings or in standing posture, rendered in a stylized Italic manner typical of Oscan bronze coinage. The bird is depicted with large frontal eyes and visible feather detailing on the body and wings. The ethnic legend PEIΘESA in Greek characters appears in the field, identifying the issuing community. Small decorative elements may appear in the surrounding field, consistent with comparative examples from HN Italy. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Peithesa was a minor Oscan-speaking community in Lucania whose independent bronze coinage was struck during the period when Greek colonial influence and indigenous Italic culture were in active, often violent negotiation across southern Italy. The issues are rare enough that die studies remain incomplete, and the precise civic identity of the issuing authority — whether a town, a magistrate, or a league — is still debated among specialists in Italic numismatics.
The Oscan legend distinguishing this type is the key diagnostic feature separating it from superficially similar Lucanian bronzes of the period.