bgr_767290 - BRUTTIUM - BRETTIAN LEAGUE Drachme ou unité
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Type : Drachme ou unité
Date: c. 208-203 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bruttium, Locres ou Crotone
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 6,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré, éclaté à 6h. Joli revers. Patine marron-vert
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus (Jupiter) à droite ; le tout dans une couronne d’olivier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes ouvertes ; dans le champ à gauche, une lyre ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : BRETTI/WN
Commentary
Ce bronze appartient à la quatrième période et au dernier groupe, frappé entre 208 et 203 avant J.-C. qui comprend des double unités, des unités, des demi-unités, et des quart d’unités. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare avec la couronne d’olivier ceignant la tête de Zeus.
This bronze belongs to the fourth period and the last group, struck between 208 and 203 BC which includes double units, units, half units, and quarter units. This type appears much rarer with the olive crown surrounding the head of Zeus
This bronze belongs to the fourth period and the last group, struck between 208 and 203 BC which includes double units, units, half units, and quarter units. This type appears much rarer with the olive crown surrounding the head of Zeus
Historical background
BRUTTIUM - BRETTIAN LEAGUE
(215-203 BC)
The Bruttii, a people originally from Central Italy, settled in Bruttium by merging with the local tribes of the Szeklers. In the 4th and 3rd centuries, they maintained their independence and fought against the Greek city-states of Italy. Coming into contact with the Romans during the struggle which opposed them to Pyrrhus (281-275 BC), they rallied to Hannibal during the Second Punic War (221-202 BC). After the departure of the Carthaginians, they found themselves facing the Romans who eventually integrated them between 194 and 190 BC..
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