bgr_715419 - BRUTTIUM - BRETTIAN LEAGUE Hemidrachme ou demi-unité
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Type : Hemidrachme ou demi-unité
Date: 214-211 AC.
Mint name / Town : Locres ou Crotone, Bruttium
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 4,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Niké à gauche, les cheveux tirés en arrière avec un petit chignon ; un épi derrière la tête.
Obverse legend : NIKA, (Nika)
Obverse translation : (Victoria/ la Victoire).
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus (Jupiter) nu marchant à droite, brandissant un foudre de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; une corne d’abondance (corcucopia) dans le champ à droite.
Reverse legend : BRETTIWN
Reverse translation : (des Brettiens).
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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