bgr_704656 - BRUTTIUM - VIBO VALENTIA (HIPPONION) Unité
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Price : 280.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-280 AC.
Mint name / Town : Vibo Valentia, Bruttium
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 8,13 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête de Zeus à droite.
Obverse legend : DIOS
Reverse
Reverse description : Amphore ; à droite, un caducée.
Reverse legend : EIGWNIEWN
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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