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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 26123537, member: 116882&quot;][USER=148792]@Milo W[/USER] - nice coin! I really like these Brettii coins with the wreath on the obverse and the lyre symbol on the reverse. It is supposedly the last of several series, struck <i>circa</i> 208-203 BC.</p><p>Here is my coin from the same series:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1666639[/ATTACH]</p><p>Brettii AE didrachm 208-203 BC 15.96 g, 28 mm</p><p>O: head Ares left, wearing Corinthian helmet; wreath around</p><p>R: Athena advancing right, holding spear and shield; lyre lower right</p><p>Scheu 59, HN Italy 2000</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my example of the same type as yours from the earlier grain ear series:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1666640[/ATTACH]</p><p>Brettii AE drachm 213-211 BC 8.53 g, 21 mm</p><p>O: laureate head Zeus right; grain ear lower left</p><p>R: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia left</p><p>Laffaille 72 (this coin); Scheu 14; HN Italy 1978</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my collecting interests is coins of the Carthaginian allies during the 2nd Punic war. Very impressive that the Brettii struck so many exceptional coins for over a decade while constantly at war. Initially, their territory was a large area in the &quot;forefoot&quot; of southern Italy. As the war ended, they only clung to a tiny toehold around Kroton and Petelia when Hannibal and his army left to defend Carthage in 203 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=44106]@romismatist[/USER] and [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] - so many interesting coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=92357]@Lane Walker[/USER] - I would recommend starting with the excellent site of John E. van Wielink at: <a href="https://www.magnagraecia.nl/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.magnagraecia.nl/" rel="nofollow">magnagraecia.nl</a></p><p>Many Bruttium coin images from the ANS collection are online at: <a href="https://numismatics.org/search/department/Greek" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://numismatics.org/search/department/Greek" rel="nofollow">American Numismatic Society: Collections / Greek</a></p><p>Reference books would include:</p><p>Hoover, Oliver D. <b>Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia</b> 2018</p><p>Rutter NK (ed) <b>Historia Numorum - Italy</b>&nbsp;&nbsp; 2001[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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