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bgr_515341 - BRUTTIUM - BRETTIAN LEAGUE Sextans

BRUTTIUM - BRETTIAN LEAGUE Sextans XF
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225.00 €(Approx. 263.25$ | 193.50£)
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Type : Sextans
Date: c. 208-203 AC.
Mint name / Town : Locres ou Crotone, Bruttium
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 16,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré présentant un joli revers. Légère présence de concrétions au droit. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
ANS.96  - Cop.-  - MIAMG.-  - GC.702 var. - HN. Italy2003

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Arès à gauche coiffé du casque corinthien à triple aigrette orné de Pégase.

Reverse

Reverse description : Héra Hoplosmia drapée debout de face, tournée à droite, tenant un bouclier de la main gauche et tenant une haste transversale de la main droite ; dans le champ à droite ,une corne d’abondance.
Reverse legend : BRETTIWN.

Commentary

C’est une des dernières émissions pour le monnayage des Bruttiens.

Historical background

BRUTTIUM - Bruttii - THE BRETTIENS

(215-203 BC)

Bruttii the native people of Central Italy, settled in Bruttium based with local tribes Sicilians. The fourth and third centuries, they maintained their independence and fought against the Greek cities of Italy. Contacted the Romans during the struggle that opposed 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 face to the Romans who eventually integrate between 194 and 190 BC.

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