bgr_275473 - BRUTTIUM - BRETTIAN LEAGUE Unité ou drachme
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Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Unité ou drachme
Date: 211-208 AC.
Mint name / Town : Locres ou Crotone, Bruttium
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 7,64 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Très belle tête de Zeus. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente de Weil de Neuilly en avril 2001
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite, derrière, un foudre posé verticalement.
Reverse
Reverse description : Guerrier nu (Arès) casqué, tenant une longue javeline transversale et un bouclier ovale marchant à droite ; au-dessous, une grappe de raisin.
Reverse legend : BRE-TTIWN
Reverse translation : (des Brettiens).
Commentary
Émission au foudre. Variante qui se caractérise par une petit grappe de raisin dans le champ inférieur droit.
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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