Asculum Historia Numorum Italy 654, Bronze, struck at Asculum, 240–217 BC. Obverse: head of heracles wearing a lion's skin. Reverse: nike standing, attaching a taenia (head band) and a wreath to a palm. Weight about 6.1 g, diameter 20.9 mm.
| mint | Asculum | weight | 6.08g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀20.9 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 6↕ (1) |
| material | Bronze | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Heracles wearing a lion's skin
reverse
Nike standing, attaching a taenia (head band) and a wreath to a palm
specimens (6)
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Cite this coin
Asculum Historia Numorum Italy 654 (asculum.hn_italy.654), 240–217 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/asculum-historia-numorum-italy-654/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA