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E-auction 678-717633 - bgr_1112892 - BRUTTIUM - VIBO VALENTIA (HIPPONION) Triens

BRUTTIUM - VIBO VALENTIA (HIPPONION) Triens VF
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Estimate : 80 €
Price : 52 €
Maximum bid : 65 €
End of the sale : 13 April 2026 14:03:20
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Triens
Date: c. 182-89 AC.
Mint name / Town : Vibo Valentia, Bruttium
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine marron

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse legend : VALENTIA.
Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite, la tête de face; quatre globules posés verticalement dans le champ à droite.

Commentary


Triens frappé sur un étalon romain semi-oncial comme celui de Copia (Thurium).
Triens struck on a semi-uncial Roman standard like that of 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.

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