Hyria was an ancient Greek or Oscan city believed to have been located in Campania.
The site of the city is not known, but some scholars place it in the same place or near modern Nola.
There are many different forms of the ethnic on the coins, written both in Oscan and Greek letters.
Coins are struck following the Campanian standard, ranging in date from circa 400-335 BC.
The site of the city is not known, but some scholars place it in the same place or near modern Nola.
There are many different forms of the ethnic on the coins, written both in Oscan and Greek letters.
Coins are struck following the Campanian standard, ranging in date from circa 400-335 BC.
Modern location: Unknown, but possible at or near Nola
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Hyria (Campania)
An
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Didrachm
struck c. 405-400 BC
in
Hyria (Campania)
Obverse: head of Hera Lakinia facing slightly right, wearing necklace and polos ornamented with palmette between the foreparts of two griffins
Reverse: man-faced bull walking right YPINA (retrograde)
Diameter:
21 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6.9 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 6.9 g
From the H.J. Müller collection.
Rutter 134; Historia Numorum Italy 540