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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2418375, member: 51347&quot;]Received a cool coin the other day...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]500705[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aesernia, Italia</p><p>Bronze AE 21 open flan splits, 8.389g, maximum diameter 20.6mm, die axis 0o</p><p>ca. 263 - 240 BCE</p><p>Aesernia (Isernia, Italy) mint,</p><p>Obv: VOLCANOM, head of Vulcan left, wearing laureate pileus, tongs behind</p><p>Rev: AISERNINO, Jupiter galloping a biga right, Nike above flying right crowning horses</p><p><b>rare</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I love these guys; they are the Samnites, physically beat on the Romans (Romans won the wars) during the brutal 3 Samnite Wars 343-290 BCE.&nbsp; They fit the REBEL in my Celtic soul...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]500707[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Samnite Soldiers... Feathered helmets.. precursor to some of the Roman helmets with feather accents (along with their horse-hair brush - facing - Legates and Officers or across - Centurion)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]500706[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]500708[/ATTACH]</p><p>See the spring spirals on the r and l of the crown? Feather holders... I always thought this was a distinctive differentiation that the Romans incorporated from the Samnites... I believe out of respect for this tough breed of mountain fighters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, Imperator / Dictator Sulla literally killed them off at the end of the Marsic War (91-88 BCE)... Kinda one of the first Roman Diaspora of a people...</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">Please post any of your cool Coins from the Samnites or any cool Italia coins...</span></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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