v49_0049 - BRUTTIUM - VIBO VALENTIA (HIPPONION) As, (MB, Æ 25)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 425.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 425.00 €
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 425.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 425.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 25)
Date: c. 182-89 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bruttium, Vibo Valentia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,15 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, irrégulier, légèrement éclaté à 8 et à 10 heures au revers. Beau portrait de Zeus. Joli revers à l’usure régulière. Belle patine vert d’eau
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock du Crédit de la Bourse (1994), de la collection Maurice Laffaille, n° 108 et de la vente Monnaies et Médailles 76, 1991, n° 108 (1200 FS)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus (Jupiter) à droite ; derrière marque de valeur I (as).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VALENTIA/ I.
Reverse description : Foudre ailé, surmonté de la marque I (as) et d’une étoile à six rais pointée en cœur.
Commentary
Poids léger. As frappé sur un étalon romain semi-oncial comme celui de Copia (Thurium). Cet exemplaire est reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Pierre Strauss, Collection Maurice Laffaille. Monnaies grecques en bronze, p. 34, n° 108.
Lightweight. As struck on a Roman semi-uncial standard like that of Copia (Thurium). This example is reproduced in the work of Pierre Strauss, Maurice Laffaille Collection. Greek Bronze Coins, p. 34, no. 108
Lightweight. As struck on a Roman semi-uncial standard like that of Copia (Thurium). This example is reproduced in the work of Pierre Strauss, Maurice Laffaille Collection. Greek Bronze Coins, p. 34, no. 108
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.
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