v11_0015 - BRUTTIUM - BRETTIAN LEAGUE Demi-unité, demi-once, onkia (uncia), (PB, Æ 17)
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 144.83 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
unsold lot
Type : Demi-unité, demi-once, onkia (uncia), (PB, Æ 17)
Date: 215-205
Mint name / Town : Bruttium, Crotone
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,77 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine vert jade foncé. Faiblesse de frappe au revers et usure plus importante
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé de Niké (Victoria) à droite, les cheveux retenus dans un petit chignon ; au-dessous, un poignard.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus dans un quadrige galopant à droite, brandissant un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : [BRETTIWN]
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 136).
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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