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SNGANS 606 Lucania, Poseidonia. ca 530-500 BC. AR Nomos. POS downwards on left, Poseidon walking right, wielding trident overhead in right hand, chlamys draped over both arms / POS raised on right, Poseidon as on obverse but incuse, trident raised. SNG Cop 1271. TextClick Here
SNGANS 613 Lucania, Poseidonia. Circa 530-500 BC. AR Nomos. Poseidon advancing right, wielding trident / Incuse of obverse, but trident in relief. Gorini 3, HN Italy 1107. TextClick Here
SNGANS 629 Lucania, Poseidonia. ca 530-500 BC. AR Drachm. POMES-ESSM, Poseidon walking right, wielding trident overhead in right hand, chlamys draped over both arms / POMES-ESSM raised, Poseidon as on obverse but incuse, trident raised. Jameson 333. TextClick Here
SNGANS 645ff Lucania, Poseidonia AR Stater. 445-420 BC. POM, Poseidon, nude except for chlamys on his shoulders, striding to right, extending his left arm before him and brandishing a trident held in his raised right hand / POME (retrograde), Bull standing to left on ground line. SNG ANS 645-665. TextClick Here
SNGANS 651 Lucania, Poseidonia AR Stater. Poseidon advancing right, brandishing trident / bull walking left. TextObverseReverse
SNGANS 655cf Lucania, Poseidonia, ca 445-420 BC, AR Stater. Poseidon advancing right, wielding trident; chlamys draped over both arms / Bull advancing left. TextClick Here
SNGANS 659 Lucania, Poseidonia AR Nomos. Circa 445-420 BC. Poseidon walking right, wielding trident, chlamys draped over both arms / Bull standing left. TextClick Here
SNGANS 682 Lucania, Poseidonia. ca 410-350 BC. AR Nomos. POSEIDAN, Poseidon walking right, wielding trident, chlamys draped over both arms; dolphin downwards behind / POSEIDANI, bull standing left; dolphin in ex. TextClick Here
SNGANS 683 Lucania, Poseidonia. ca 410-350 BC. AR Nomos. POSEIDAN, Poseidon walking right, wielding trident, chlamys draped over both arms; dolphin before / POSEI-DANI, bull standing left in front of a column supporting an urn, small T at base of column; fish left in ex. TextClick Here
SNGANS 705 Lucania, Poseidonia. 480-400 BC. AR Obol or Twenty-fourth Stater (0.29 gm). Poseidon advancing right, brandishing trident; dolphin to left / Bull standing left, two annulets above. TextClick Here
SNGANS 720 Lucania, Poseidonia. Circa 420-390 BC. Æ 16mm. Helmeted head of Athena right / Poseidon standing right. Rutter HN 1155. TextClick Here
SNGANS 722 Lucania, Paestum. Circa 264-241 BC. Æ 19mm. Laureate head of Neptune right / Cupid on dolphin left. Rutter HN 1185. TextClick Here
SNGANS 742 Lucania, Paestum. Circa 218-201 BC. Æ 16mm Quadrans. Diademed male head right / Dolphin right; caduceus. Rutter HN 1202. TextClick Here
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SNGANS 750 LUCANIA, Paestum. ca 218-201 BC. Æ Sextans. Head of Demeter right / PAIS, forepart of boar right; two pellets below. BMC 46, SNG Cop 1340. TextClick Here
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SNGANS 762 Lucania, Paestum. Circa 218-201 BC. Æ 14mm Sescuncia. Head of Ceres right / Dog running right. Rutter HN 1194. TextObverseReverse
SNGANS 777 Lucania, Paestum (Poseidonia). Circa 2nd century BC. Æ Triens. Elephant standing right / Filleted cornucopiae; four pellets to right, AVF (ligate) to right. Crawford, Paestum 21/2; HN Italy 1230. TextClick Here
SNGANS 788 Lucania, Paestum Æ15 Semis. ca mid-1st century BC. Bust of Athena right in Corinthian helmet / L. F AD (AD ligate) above, L. SAT (AT ligate) below, clasped hands. Crawford 32, HN Italy 1250. TextClick Here
SNGCop 1300Lucania, Poseidonia. Circa 475-450 BC. AR Diobol (1.03 gm). Poseidon walking right, wielding trident overhead in right hand, left hand extended, chlamys hung over shoulders / Bull standing right. TextClick Here
SNGCop 1303Lucania, Poseidonia. Circa 475-450 BC. AR Obol (0.36 gm). Poseidon walking right, wielding trident overhead in right hand, left hand extended, chlamys hung over shoulders / Bull standing left. TextClick Here
SNGCop 1341LUCANIA, Paestum. ca 218-201 BC. Æ Sextans. Head of Demeter right, two pellets behind / PAIS, wild boar right; spray of leaves & two pellets below. TextClick Here
SNGCop 1361Lucania, Paestum AE15 Semis. Under Rome, after 89 BC. Helmeted head of Ares (?) right. PAE before, S behind. / L*FA above 2 clasped hands, L*SA below. TextClick Here
SNGCop 1373Paestum, Italy, Æ14 Semis. 1st century BC. MINERV S, female head right / Senate building, P S S E around. TextObverseReverse
Sear #242Poseidonia Lucania 480-400BC AR Nomos. Poseidon naked but for chlamys across shoulders walking r. brandishing trident, POMEI before / Bull walking r., POMEI above.
Sear #424Poseidonia, Italy, AR plated Æ stater. 480-400 BC. ROM, Poseidon naked but for chlamys over shoulders advancing right, brandishing trident / Bull standing left, all within shallow circular incuse.
Sear #630Lucania, Paestum AE Triens. 268-289 BC. Head of young Dionysos right, crowned with vine-leaves and grapes, 4 pellets behind / PAIS, cornucopiae, 4 pellets and palm-branch to left.

Tiberius
- RPC 611

Tiberius AE16 of Paestum, Lucania. P S S C, laureate head right / L FADI L CAEL FLA AVG TI CAESAR IIVIR, biga right. ImageImage
Perseus Project database, coins of Poseidonia
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Carlo Morino's Poseidonia page
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Entry for Lucania, Poseidonia on the Digital Historia Numorum
Search for Poseidonia in the British SNG Volumes' Database at the Fitzwilliam Museum
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