Heraclea Lucaniae Historia Numorum Italy 1359, Silver, struck at Heraclea lucaniae, 432–420 BC. Obverse: head of heracles wearing a lion’s skin. Reverse: heracles kneeling, naked, fighting a lion. Weight about 1.2 g, diameter 11.5 mm.
| mint | Heraclea lucaniae | weight | 1.20g (2) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀11.5 (2) |
| denomination | — | axis | 12↕ (2) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Heracles wearing a lion’s skin
reverse
Heracles kneeling, naked, fighting a lion
specimens (3)
Cite this coin
Heraclea Lucaniae Historia Numorum Italy 1359 (heraclea_lucaniae.hn_italy.1359), 432–420 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/heraclea-lucaniae-historia-numorum-italy-1359/ (accessed: 2026-10-30). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA