bgr_262403 - BRUTTIUM - VIBO VALENTIA (HIPPONION) Quadrans
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Price : 110.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 110.00 €
Type : Quadrans
Date: c. 182-89 AC.
Mint name / Town : Vibo Valentia, Bruttium
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,50 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 2,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince, bien centré. Beau portrait d’Héraklès. Revers inhabituel et énigmatique. Patine vert foncé marbrée de rouge
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Platt (2000) et de la collection du Dr.Charles Haas
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue d’Héraklès (Hercule) à droite, coiffée de la léonté, nouée sous le cou.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VALENTIA.
Reverse description : Double massue posée verticalement ; dans le champ à gauche, trois globules posés verticalement et Q.
Commentary
Poids léger. Quadrans frappé sur un étalon romain semi-oncial comme celui de Copia (Thurium). Émission sans marque.
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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