bgr_570389 - BRUTTIUM - VIBO VALENTIA (HIPPONION) Triens

BRUTTIUM - VIBO VALENTIA (HIPPONION) Triens VF

130.00 €(Approx. 139.10$ | 111.80£)

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Type : Triens

Date: c. 182-89 AC.

Mint name / Town : Vibo Valentia, Bruttium

Metal : copper

Diameter : 16 mm

Orientation dies : 4 h.

Weight : 2,91 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier bien centré. Belle tête d’Athéna. Revers bien lisible. Sans patine

Catalogue references :

Laffaille- - Cop.- - ANS.484 - GC.662 - BMC.23 - MIAMG.3424 (R2) (600€) - HN. Italy2264 - HGCS. 11408 (R2)

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête de Minerve coiffée du casque corinthien ; derroère la tête, quatre globules posés verticalement.

Reverse

Reverse legend : [V]ALENTI[A].

Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face; quatre globules posés verticalement dans le champ à droite au-dessus d’un petit dauphin.

Commentary

Triens frappé sur un étalon romain semi-oncial comme celui de Copia (Thurium).

Historical background

BRUTTIUM - VIBO VALENTIA (HIPPONION)

(2nd-1st century BC)

Hipponium, colony of Locri was founded in the 6th century BC at the same time as Medma. The city followed the destiny of its metropolis. The city was destroyed by Dionysius of Syracuse in 388 BC, rebuilt by the Carthaginians in 379 BC. It was subjugated by the Brettians in 356 BC. Agathokles captured it in 296 BC and finally taken over again by the Brettians. The city of Vibo Valentia was decided in 194 BC and founded on the site of Hipponium in 192 BC as a Latin colony.