216-211 BC. and later, imitative coinage from central Italy imitating Capua in Campania, Æ Biunx, HNI 489.
imitative coinage from central Italy imitating Capua in Campania, 216-211 BC. and later,
Æ Biunx (13-14 mm / 3,95 g),
Obv.: head of Dionysos-Bacchus r., [wreathed with ivy].
Rev.: panther (lion?) r., holding thyrsos (spear?) with mouth and left paw.
http://stannard.info/stannard_overstrikes_and_imitative_coinages.pdf nos. 15-16 .
for prototype: HNI 489 ; SNG Cop. 342-50 ; BMC (Italy) 84, 22-25 ; Lindgren I 190-1 ; SNG München 180-3 ; SNG Budapest 381-2 ; SNG Sweden II 78-9 ; http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Campania_map/Capua_map/descrCapuaHNI489var.html ;