Heraclea Lucaniae

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 260

The mint at the ancient site of Heraclea in Lucania.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Heraclea Lucaniae, silver, didrachms (female head/Heracles) (400-370 BCE)		Silver	149 kg
Heraclea Lucaniae, silver, didrachms (Athena/Heracles) (370-281 BCE)		Silver	2,996 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
1928 - Heraclea Lucaniae (nomos Athena/Heracles) over uncertain type (Münzen & Medaillen, 36, May 2012, 23)		Silver	420 BC JL
27481 - Heraclea Lucaniae (nomos Athena/Heracles) over uncertain type (Numismatica Ars Classica, Sept. 2024, 45)		Silver	390 BC JL
17061 - Heraclea Lucaniae (nomos Athena/Heracles) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (NAC, 134, Nov. 2022, 164)		Silver	281 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
28577 - Leucas (stater Pegasus/Athena) over Heraclea Lucaniae (Athena/Heracles & lion) (Vilmar numismatics, inv. 18709)		Silver	350 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	heraclea_lucaniae
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Heraclea in Lucania.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	452333
Ancient regionAncient region.	Lucania Nomisma: magna_graecia, Nomisma: lucania
Modern countryModern country	Italy
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	40.213021° N, 16.678299° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Heraclea_Lucania https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452333 http://sws.geonames.org/3170384/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x56784 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7008299

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Literature

• HN Italy
• Van Keuren 1986
• Work 1940

Authors

• Keith Rutter
• Eunice Work