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Heraclea in Lucania, an ancient Samnite city near the Gulf of Tarentum, added to the Roman Empire after the Pyrrhic Wars of the 3rd Century BC.
| BMC 50 | Herakleia, Lucania. AR Didrachm, 7.65g; 21mm, 281-278 BC. Head of Athena right wearing laureate Corinthian helmet, HDR monogram to left between helmet and crest / HERAKLEIWN, to right, magistrates name (FILW?) to left of Herakles atanding facing, inclined slightly to left, crowning himself with right hand, lionskin draped over left arm, club upright beneath arm, cornucopiae in left field. HN 1394; van Keuren 96; cf BMC 50. | Text | Image | |
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| HN 1419 | Lucania, AR Drachm, Herakleia, c. 281-278 BC, 3,05 gr., 17mm. Helmeted head of Athena, three-quarters facing, Scylla on helmet / Owl standing right with wings closed, head facing, holding olive branch. HN Italy 1419. | Text | Image | |
| HN 1443 | Lucania, Herakleia. Circa 281-272 BC. AE 13mm. Skyphos (vase) / Quiver with strap and bow, HP ligate above. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 5v | Herakleia, Lucania, AR Diobol. Bearded head of Hercules right, in lion skin headdress / HE, lion standing right. VanKeuren 23. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 8 | Herakleia, Lucania, AR Diobol. Beardless head of Hercules right, wearing lion skin headdress / HE, Lion standing right. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 26ff | Lucania, Herakleia. c433-330 BC. AR Diobol (1.04 gm). Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with hippocamp / Herakles kneeling right, wrestling with the Nemean lion; club to left. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 28 | Lucania, Heraclea AR Diobol. 4th Century BC. Head of Athena right / Herakles kneeling right, wrestling with the Nemean lion. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNGANS 30 | Lucania, Heraclea AR Diobol. 4th Century BC. Head of Athena right / Herakles kneeling right, wrestling with the Nemean lion. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 33 | Lucania, Herakleia. ca 433-330 BC. AR Diobol. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with hippocamp / Herakles kneeling right, head facing, wrestling with the Nemean lion; EP upper right, club left. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 64 | Lucania, Herakleia. ca 390-340 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; DKF right / THRAKLHIWN, Herakles standing facing, upper torso turned right, wrestling with the Nemean lion; club to left, owl between legs, KAL above club. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 66 | Lucania, Herakleia. ca 390-340 BC. AR Nomos. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; EY right / THRAKLHI-WN, Herakles standing facing, upper torso turned right, wrestling with the Nemean lion; club to left, jug between legs, APOL left of club. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 77 | Lucania, Herakleia. ca 281-278 BC. AR Nomos. THRAKLHIW-N, head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; E behind / Herakles standing facing, holding club in right hand, bow & arrow in left, lion's skin draped over left arm; owl on club, ARIS left. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 78 | Lucania, Herakleia. ca 281-278 BC. AR Nomos. THRAKLHIW-N, head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; E behind / Herakles standing facing, holding club in right hand, bow & arrow in left, lion's skin draped over left arm; owl on club, ARIS left. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 81 | Lucania, Herakleia. Circa 281-278 BC. AR Drachm. Head of Athena facing three-quarters right, wearing Attic helmet with Skylla hurling a stonet / Owl on branch. | Text | Image | Text | Image |
| SNGANS 81v | Lucania, Herakleia. c281-278 BC. AR Drachm. Head of Athena facing 3/4-right, in Attic helmet with Skylla hurling a stone; monogram to left, E to right / Owl standing right on olive branch, club left, FILW right. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 93 | Lucania, Herakleia. ~278-276 BC. AR Nomos. Helmeted head of Athena right, Hippocamp on helmet / Herakles standing with club, lion skin and oenochoe over altar; thunderbolt to right. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 95 | Lucania, Heraclea AR Stater. Early Pyrrhic Period, 281-278 BC. Head of Athena left, in helmet decorated with griffin / Heracles standing facing, FILO in field left. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 97 | LUCANIA, Herakleia. ca 276-250 BC. AR Nomos. THRAKLHEWN, head of Athena left, in Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin / Herakles standing facing, holding club in right hand, lion's skin draped over left arm; owl on club, FILO left, Nike flying in right field crowning Herakles. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 99 | Lucania, Herakleia. Circa 281-272 BC. AE 18mm. Head of Demeter left / Grain-ear. Rutter HN 1442. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 100 Sear #616 | Lucania, Herakleia AE19 Obol. c300-250 BC. HPAKLEIWN below two figures of Herakles standing left, each holding patera & club / Athena standing left, sacrificing from patera over a flaming altar, holding spear, shield & torch. BMC 56, SNG ANS 100, SNGCop 1138. | Text | Image | |
| SNG ANS 103 | Lucania, Herakleia, c. 281-early 1st c. BC. AE13. Helmeted head of Athena right / HERAKLEIWN, Herakles standing left, lion’s skin on left arm and club on left shoulder. SNG ANS 103. SNG Cop. 1139. | Text | Image | |
| SNGANS 123 | Lucania, Herakleia. Circa 281-272 BC. AE 14mm. Helmeted head of Athena facing / HRA-KLEIWN, Trophy. Rutter HN 1436. | Text | Image | |
| SNGCop 1139 | Lucania, Herakleia, AE 13, Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet, unclear symbol behind head / HRA-KLEIWN, Herakles standing left, holding club in left arm, lion's skin draped over left arm and patera in right hand. SNG Cop. 1139; cf Mionnet 1, 521. | Text | Image | |
| vanKeuren_003 | Lucania, Herakleia AR Nomos. ca 420/415-390 BC. Head of Athena right, in crested helmet decorated with a large griffin / THRAKLEIWN, Herakles standing facing, upper torso turned right, wrestling with the Nemean lion; club & bow to left, grain ear left. | Text | Image | |
| vanKeuren_114 | Lucania, Herakleia AR Drachm. ca 281-278 BC. Three-quarter facing head of Athena, head turned slightly right, in triple-crested helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone, F left / THRAKLEIWN, owl standing right on olive branch; SWSI left, club right. SNG ANS -. | Text | Image | |
| Sear #386 | Lucania, Herakleia AR Diobol. Circa 432-380 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / HE (retrograde) above lion crouching right. BMC 3, SNG Cop 1100. | |||
| Sear #387 | Lucania, Herakleia. c433-330 BC. AR Diobol. Head of Athena right, in Corinthian helmet decorated with hippocamp / Herakles wrestling with the Nemean lion; HE above, club left. Weber 703, BMC 9. | Text | Image | |
| Sear #389 | Lucania, Herakleia AR Didrachm. 370-281 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right / Herakles right strangling Nemean Lion. BMC 28. | |||
| Sear #391 | Herakelia, Lucania, AR Didrachm. 370-281 BC. HPAKLHIWN, head of Athena right in crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with Skylla, E behind / |-HPAKLHIWN, Hercules standing facing with club, bow & lionskin, vase to left. BMC 33. | |||
| Sear #392 | Lucania, Herakleia, AR Didrachm. Head of Athena left in crested helmet decorated with Skylla / |-HPAKLHIWN, Hercules right wrestling the Nemean Lion. BMC 41. | Text | ObvRev | |
| Sear #615 | Lucania, Herakleia AE20. 330-228 BC. Head of Persephone left, wreathed with corn / HPAKLEIWN, ear of corn. BMC 54. | Text | Image | |
| Sear #616 | Lucania, Herakleia AE19 Obol. c300-250 BC. HPAKLEIWN below two figures of Herakles standing left, each holding patera & club / Athena standing left, sacrificing from patera over a flaming altar, holding spear, shield & torch. BMC 56, SNG ANS 100, SNGCop 1138. | Text | Image | |
| See also: | Perseus Project database, coins of Herakleia | |||
| Magna Graecia Coins of Herakleia | ||||
| Entry for Lucania, Herakleia on the Digital Historia Numorum | ||||
| Search for Heraclea in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum | ||||
| Search for Herakleia at AncientImports.com | ||||
| Search for Herakleia at Incitatus Coins | ||||
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