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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3931680, member: 51347&quot;]Great thread idea, [USER=94776]@CoinBlazer[/USER] .</p><p><br /></p><p>There are so many cool &quot;obscure&quot; collecting areas.&nbsp;&nbsp; I will not post some of the above coins, (yeah I dabble in most of the above for the collecting diversity).&nbsp; However, I notice this Forum predominately posts Roman Empire (Augustus, onward) coins.&nbsp; I will have a little fun posting coins of different peoples of Italia (NON-Magna Graecia), BEFORE the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Etruria:</b>&nbsp; Obscure people, not originally from Italia, that founded and influenced Rome.&nbsp; They even had an Empire before the Romans were even a Republic.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036204[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria Populonia AR 5 Asses 3rd C BCE 2.0g Young Hd L V behind HN 173 Vecchi Rasna III 52 ex NAC 29 No 9 RARE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Capua:</b>&nbsp; When Hannibal came through Italia, he promised the Capuan Magistrates that Capua would become the capital should he destroy Rome.&nbsp; Obviously, the Roman Republic prevailed in the Second Punic War.&nbsp; Since Capua sided with Hannibal, all coins, and anything that Capua created to popularize Hannibal were destroyed, melted down, etc.&nbsp; Makes Capuan coins scarcer from this Era.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036206[/ATTACH]</p><p>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</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Frentani:</b>&nbsp; Samnite cousins who lived on the Adriatic Coast of Italia.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036207[/ATTACH]</p><p>Larinum Frentani 210-175 BCE AE Quincunx 22mm 9.8g Mars or Athena corinthian helmet- Galloping Horseman spear sheild tbolt 5 pellets NH Italy 625 BMC 2 SCARCE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Umbria:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036208[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria or Umbria Aes Grave 3rd C BCE Sextans 23mm 25.15g Club-2 Dots HN 54 Vecchi-Th 172</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Samnium:</b>&nbsp; Coarse mountain folks, living along the backbone of Italia.&nbsp; Rome and the Samnites fought 3 bloody and nasty wars.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036210[/ATTACH]</p><p>Samnium Aesernia 263-240 BC AE 20 Vulcan Pilos Tongs Jupiter Biga Left</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bruttium:</b>&nbsp; The Bretti were not originally Greeks of Magna Graecia.&nbsp; During the Second Punic War Hannibal &quot;holed-up&quot; in the Toe of Italia.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036212[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bruttium Carthage occup 2nd Punic War AR Half-Shekel 216-211 Tanit Horse SOLAR-O HN Italy 2016 SNG Cop 361-3</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marsic Confederation: </b> Some of these guys above got so fed up with the Romans NOT making them Citizens, they decided to get together and revolted Roman rule.&nbsp; This resulted in the Social War from 90-88 BCE, and eventually led to the virtual extinction of the Samnites...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036216[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marsic Confederation denarius 90-88 BCE Italia-Corfinium Oath Ceremony over pig Sear 227 SCARCE[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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