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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4599189, member: 15481"]This is an interesting topic to collect. Nice posts and coins!</p><p>Here are two drachma from Bruttium during their stint with the Carthaganians.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139071[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1139072[/ATTACH] </p><p>Greek Italy. Bruttium, The Brettii. AR Drachm, 216-214 BC. </p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Head of Hera Lakinia right, diademed, veiled; behind, helmet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Zeus standing left, right foot on Ionic capital, holding scepter; before, crab.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: GCV 515, BMC 1.14, HN Italy 1969. AR. g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight: 4.02g Diameter: 18mm Conservation: Toned. VF/About VF.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>«The Bruttians (<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" rel="nofollow">Greek</a>: Βρέττιοι, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" rel="nofollow">romanized</a>: <i>Bréttioi</i>, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" rel="nofollow">Latin</a>: <i>Bruttii</i>) were an ancient <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_peoples" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_peoples" rel="nofollow">Italic tribe</a> of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanians" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanians" rel="nofollow">Lucanian</a> descent. They inhabited the southern extremity of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" rel="nofollow">Italy</a>, from the frontiers of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucania" rel="nofollow">Lucania</a> to the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_of_Messina" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_of_Messina" rel="nofollow">Sicilian Straits</a> and the promontory of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucopetra" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucopetra" rel="nofollow">Leucopetra</a>. This roughly corresponds to the modern region of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabria" rel="nofollow">Calabria</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>As early as 282 BC they joined and the Lucanians and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samnites" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samnites" rel="nofollow">Samnites</a> against the growing power of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" rel="nofollow">Rome</a>.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruttians#cite_note-14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruttians#cite_note-14" rel="nofollow">[14]</a> A few years later they are mentioned as sending auxiliaries to the army of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus" rel="nofollow">Pyrrhus</a>; but after the defeat of that monarch, and his expulsion from Italy, they had to bear the full brunt of the war, and after repeated campaigns and successive triumphs of the Roman generals, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Fabricius_Luscinus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Fabricius_Luscinus" rel="nofollow">Gaius Fabricius Luscinus</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucius_Papirius&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucius_Papirius&action=edit&redlink=1" rel="nofollow">Lucius Papirius</a>, they were finally reduced to submission, and compelled to purchase peace by the surrender of one-half of the great forest of Sila, so valuable for its pitch and timber.»</p><p>(Wikipedia)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4599189, member: 15481"]This is an interesting topic to collect. Nice posts and coins! Here are two drachma from Bruttium during their stint with the Carthaganians. [ATTACH=full]1139071[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1139072[/ATTACH] Greek Italy. Bruttium, The Brettii. AR Drachm, 216-214 BC. Obverse: Head of Hera Lakinia right, diademed, veiled; behind, helmet. Reverse: Zeus standing left, right foot on Ionic capital, holding scepter; before, crab. Reference: GCV 515, BMC 1.14, HN Italy 1969. AR. g. Weight: 4.02g Diameter: 18mm Conservation: Toned. VF/About VF. «The Bruttians ([URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language']Greek[/URL]: Βρέττιοι, [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek']romanized[/URL]: [I]Bréttioi[/I], [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language']Latin[/URL]: [I]Bruttii[/I]) were an ancient [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_peoples']Italic tribe[/URL] of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanians']Lucanian[/URL] descent. They inhabited the southern extremity of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL], from the frontiers of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucania']Lucania[/URL] to the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straits_of_Messina']Sicilian Straits[/URL] and the promontory of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucopetra']Leucopetra[/URL]. This roughly corresponds to the modern region of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabria']Calabria[/URL]. As early as 282 BC they joined and the Lucanians and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samnites']Samnites[/URL] against the growing power of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome']Rome[/URL].[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruttians#cite_note-14'][14][/URL] A few years later they are mentioned as sending auxiliaries to the army of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhus_of_Epirus']Pyrrhus[/URL]; but after the defeat of that monarch, and his expulsion from Italy, they had to bear the full brunt of the war, and after repeated campaigns and successive triumphs of the Roman generals, [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Fabricius_Luscinus']Gaius Fabricius Luscinus[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lucius_Papirius&action=edit&redlink=1']Lucius Papirius[/URL], they were finally reduced to submission, and compelled to purchase peace by the surrender of one-half of the great forest of Sila, so valuable for its pitch and timber.» (Wikipedia)[/QUOTE]
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