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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;romismatist, post: 26120726, member: 44106&quot;]This thread topic came up a week or so ago in the other forum, so I will re-post here what I did there...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been focused on forming a collection from Calabria (modern Apulia), which is the region of Magna Grecia in the &quot;heel of the boot&quot; of Italy. Although I&#039;ve built some of this collection with coins from the more common mints of Tarentum (Taras) and Brundisium, I&#039;ve tried to collect coins from the scarcer mints like Graxa, Hyria/Orra, Uxentum, and Samadion. Coins from mints such as Baletium, Neretum and Kasario will likely forever be out of my reach although I have seen a few from Sturnium come on the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alberto D&#039;Andrea and Giuseppe Tafuri have a great reference book on these coins (in Italian) titled &quot;Le Monete della Messapia&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Samadi</b>, mid- 2d century - beginning 1st century BC. Ae quadruncia</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Head Athena wearing Corinthian helmet</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: 4 crescents facing outwards, symbolizing the coin&#039;s value (triuncias and biuncias are also known), ethnic ΣAMAΔI</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse indicates that this coin appears to be overstruck on another coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1666435[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Orra</b>, 208-202 BC. Ae Quincunx</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1666437[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: head of youth wearing helmet with triple crest and plume, beneath neck AΛ</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: Eagle facing right on thunderbolt, wings outstretched, five pellets (mark of value) below, ORRA to right</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1666438[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Orra</b>, end of 2d century - beginning of 1st century BC. Ae Quincunx</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Head of Venus wearing laurel crown, scepter and lance behind bust</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: Eros advancing right playing lyre, 5 pellets (mark of value) to left, ORRA to right</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1666439[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Orra</b>, end of 2d century - beginning of 1st century BC. Ae Biuncia</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Head of Venus wearing laurel crown, scepter and lance behind bust</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: Dove flying right with wings spread, 2 pellets (mark of value) and ORRA below</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1666440[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1666441[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Graxa</b>, mid-3d century BC Ae obol / uncia</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: eagle with folded wings facing right on thunderbolt, star below to right, ethnic ΓPA in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: <i>pecten</i> shell</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1666443[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Uxentum</b>, end of 2d century - beginning of 1st century BC. AE triuncia</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Head Athena facing right, wearing Corinthian helmet</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: Hercules standing, facing left, hand on club and holding a cornucopia and the pelt of the Nemean lion, AO in top left corner</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1666445[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1666446[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Brundisium</b> minted an extensive quantity of bronze coins beginning in 215-214 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ae 1/8 uncia c. 213-211 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Victory standing right holding palm frond</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. Dolphin swimming left, BRVN below, V above right</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1666447[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ae semis, 2d century BC (minting likely ended at the end of the Social War, 89 BC). Ae semis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Head of Neptune, below beard, horizontal &quot;S&quot; indicates mark of value. Trident and Victory flying right, crowning Neptune behind neck</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. Youth on dolphin swimming left. Youth holding lyre, Victory to left crowning him. S to right, BRVN below dolphin</p><p><br /></p><p>This later series (D&#039;Andrea F1) is extensive, and has a number of symbols and magistrate officials initials.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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