BRUTTIUM from Blake

I recently purchased a Bruttium AE from @Blake Davis of Mortown. We had a little side discussion about Bruttium. He was curious about some of mine. So, I will post my capture from him and my other Bruttiums so that he can see mine.

PLEASE POST YOUR COINS FROM BRUTTIUM!!!

From Mortown:


Bruttium Rhegion 415-387 BCE AE 11mm 2.46g Facing lion hd - Laureate hd of Apollo L SNG ANS 697 var

Others in my collection for y'all and Blake to see:

Hannibal's Occupation of Bruttium:

Bruttium Carthage occup 2nd Punic War AR Half-Shekel 216-211 Tanit Horse SOLARdisc HN Italy 2016


Bruttium Carthage occup 2nd Punic War AR Half-Shekel 216-211 Tanit Horse SOLAR-O HN Italy 2016 SNG Cop 361-3


Bruttium Carthage occupation Hannibal Italy 215-205 BC 2nd Punic War AE 19 Tanit Horse Hd RARE


Bruttium AE 17 Semuncia 214-211 2nd Punic Nike Zeus Biga


Bruttium AE 18 Hemiobol 215-205 BC 2nd Punic Nymph Terina Nike Zeus

Earlier Times:

Bruttium Lokroi Eizephyrioi 300-268 BC AE 23 Athena Pegasus


PLEASE POST YOUR COINS FROM BRUTTIUM!!!

 

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Here's my coin of the Brettian League, which I won from John Anthony a couple of months back:

 

Brut-tal set!

 

Excellent collection! Love them all. Thanks for sharing.

 

That's a great set, Alegandron!

I have only one Bruttium coin and you've all seen it many times, but here it is again


BRUTTIUM, the Brettii
216-214 BCE
Æ quartuncia, 13.5mm, 2.06 g
Obv: head of Amphitrite left, wearing crab headdress
Rev: crab; torch above, BPET-TIΩN above and below
Ref: Pfeiler p. 33, 4a; Scheu, Bronze 51; HN Italy 1944; SNG ANS 123–4; SNG Lloyd –; McClean 1579

 

Great coins everyone! I love Brettian coins since I am from the mountains they inhabited! I have several but always looking for more. I actually had the OP coin on my eBay watch list. Glad it went to a good home.



BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 300-250 BC. AR Triobol
Head of Athena r. wearing crested Corinthian helmet, KPOTΩ above

Herakles advancing right, wearing lion skin and draping it over club held in his hand; koppa to left, OIKIΣTAΣ to right.

300-250 BC
1.05g

Rutter, Historia Numorum 2199; SNG ANS 426; SNG München 1467.

Rare

Ex-ANE



Veiled head of Hera Lakinia right, wearing polos; scepter over shoulder, feather to left

ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ
Zeus standing left, right foot on ionic capital, holding scepter; crab to left, [tiny Γ between foot and scepter].

Second Punic War issue. Circa 216-214 BC.
3.88 g.

Arslan dies 12/17’; Scheu 68–77 var. (obv. symbol);

HN Italy 1969. VF, toned, struck with worn dies.

Rare issue with feather on obverse, unknown to Scheu.

Ex-CNG 407 lot 14, From the B. H. Webb Collection. Ex-Pipito Collection

 

I never get tired of yours! Very cool! Yeah, chic!

 

Very cool! I especially like that AR of Hera! Reminds me of my Capua Hera from the same time!


Campania CAPUA AE 14-5mm 216-211 Hera Oscan Grain ear Hannibal capital Italia SNG Fr 517 SNG ANS 219 HN Italy 500 EE Clain Stefanelli

During the 2nd Punic War, Hannibal occupied Capua. Capua was the 2nd Largest city behind Rome of Italia. They had always had a prominent place in Italian history. Hannibal promised the aristocracy of Capua that, once Rome was destroyed, he would make Capua the Capital of Italia. We all know Rome won this horrible war. Knowing that, anything left over from the war that would enhance Hannibal's legacy needed to be destroyed. Rome recalled, confiscated, and destroyed any coinage from Capua that would represent anything to do with Hannibal. This drove all coinage from Capua during the Hannibal war into a very scarce to rare availability.

 

That's a lovely coin!

 

Cool thread!

I have a few from Bruttium.


Bruttium, Terina
AR Third Nomos, 300 BC, 16.5mm, 2.44 g, 11h.
Obverse: Head of the nymph Terina right; triskeles behind neck.
Reverse: Nike seated left on plinth, holding bird.
References: Holloway & Jenkins 109; HN Italy 2641.


Bruttium, Rhegion
AE20, 351-280 BC, 6.24g
Obverse: Facing lion scalp.
Reverse: Laureate head of Apollo right; uncertain symbol to left.
References: HN Italy 2534a; cf. SNG ANS 687, Sear 684

I have a scruffy version of TIF's masterpiece that I got in a group lot


Bruttium, The Brettii.
Quarter Unit, AE13, 211-208 BC, 2g
Obverse: Head of Amphitrite left, wearing crab headdress.
Reverse: BPETTIΩN. Crab; torch above.
References: SNG ANS 123f.

John

 

John that Terina portrait is amazing

 

Nice addition and great coins!

 

fantastic coins one and all!..

 

Those are neat @Alegandron. I don't have many Brutti to show (i.e. just two actually)


Bruttium, AE26 Brettian league, c. 215-205 BC
Head of Ares left
BPETTIWN, Hera Hoplosmia going right, holding spear and shield, bull's head under shield
14.44 gr, 26 mm
Ref : Sear #702v



Bruttium, AE18 Brettian league, c. 215-205 BC
Bust of Nike right
Zeus riding a biga, holding thunderbolt and sceptre
3.6 gr, 18 mm
Ref : Sear #706

Q

 

BRUTTIUM calling @Blake Davis ; BRUTTIUM calling @Blake Davis , come in Blake...

 

Really nice collection - I really like the portrait on the lower half sheckel - I was unaware that Hannibal struck any coins, but then again, it makes sense - presumably he was pillaging Italy and would have needed to pay his soldiers. It is interesting that he didn't put his own portrait on his coins. But then again, even Alexander didn't have his portrait on the coin - it was Alexander as Hercules.

That brings up an interesting question - who was the first person - anywhere - to put his portrait on a coin. I should know this for Rome - was it Sulla? Pompey? Julius Caesar?

 

In my humble opinion @Blake Davis The first Roman on a coin was Scipio on AE issues in Nova Carthago:


Carthago Nova SCIPIO (Later Africanus) Roman Occupation 209-206 BCE Sear Vol2 6575 Rare


Carthago Nova Scipio 209-206 BCE AE 14 Horse Head RARE

From FORUMANCIENTCOINS:
The Carthaginian city of Carthago Nova produced a remarkable series of coins in silver and bronze for the Barcid rulers of Spain in the years leading up to the Second Punic War (218-202 BC). The male heads shown on these issues are often interpreted as "disguised" portraits of the Barcids themselves, including Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal, in various incarnations of the Phoenician demigod Melqart. The distinctive features of these portraits lend credence to the theory, though it is not universally believed, and even those who accept the "disguised portrait" theory disagree over which Barcid is depicted on which issues. Carthago Nova fell to the brilliant young Roman commander P. Cornelius Scipio (later Africanus) in 209 BC, and around this time a very distinctive head, with a close-cropped "Roman" haircut and youthful features, suddenly appears on the civic coinage, replacing the previous "Barcid" effigies. This head is quite likely that of Scipio himself. It would have been natural for the Punic celators to switch to a portrayal of the current ruling authority, Roman though he be, and the rarity of the issue in both silver and bronze attests to a brief period of issue, before the Roman Senate quashed any notion of a living person (a youthful upstart at that) being depicted on circulating coinage, albeit outside Rome itself.

COMMENT: Some arguments state that the coin does not look like the statues and busts of Scipio. Those were fashioned when Scipio was MUCH older and famous. He was only in his mid-20's when he begain fighting in Spain.

EVERYONE: Your posted coins are GREAT!!! @Parthicus that is a tough one to get in the detail you have. @Theodosius -Just SUPER. I want that AR! And the Facing Lion is fantastic! @Cucumbor the details are very nice on both of them! @Ryro - below... Nice pick-up!

 

Beautiful coins all! And @Theodosius WoWiE! Yours puts my guy to shame. I wanted one of these for some time and was cowardly that I'd never get one. I have quite a bit of pride for when this came along I stalked my prey and pounced on it for a great price! Ok. I'll stop.
But seriously, pretty cool. Is it one lion looking at us or 2 lions looking at eachother???



415/0-387 BCE. Æ 11mm
(1.76 gm). Lion's head facing /
PHΓIN, laureate head of
Apollo right. Cf. SNG ANS 702;
HN Italy 2524. Good VF, dark
green patina

 

Your AE19: Definitely the biggest honker I've ever seen on Tanit!

I've always admired TIF's wacky crab headdress (quartuncia), and was glad to pick this one up recently:

And of course the nice historical tie-in to the 2nd Punic war doesn't hurt!

 

Kuenker is auctioning off a collection of early portraits and has a video about the earliest human portraits on coins.