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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2418735, member: 51347&quot;][USER=5682]@Bart9349[/USER] Good stuff!&nbsp; Thanks Guy... Yes, these coins were struck after their submission into Rome&#039;s control.&nbsp; However, their relationship was tenuous... until ultimately again fighting the Romans during the Social War... and wiped out afterwards...towns became villages, villages became ghost towns...</p><p><br /></p><p>In my collection, I have some of the coins you mention: </p><p><br /></p><p>a) I have a Frentani...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]500828[/ATTACH]</p><p>FRENTANI, Larinum.</p><p>ca 210-175 BCE.</p><p>Æ 18mm - Quadrans.</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Bearded head of Herakles right, in lion&#039;s skin headdress</p><p>Rev: LADINOD, centaur galloping right, holding branch over left shoulder; three pellets in ex.</p><p>Ref: SNG ANS 137; BMC 8; SNG Cop 272</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>b) As well as few Marsic Confederation denarii, including:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]500831[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marsic Confederation</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Bovianum(?) mint, 89 BCE. </p><p><i>(Bovianum was the Capital of the original Samnite Confederation since 9th C. BCE)</i></p><p>3.93g, 20mm, 3h</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Italia left, VITELIV = ITALIA in Oscan script</p><p>Rev: Soldier standing facing, head right, foot on uncertain object, holding inverted spear and sword, recumbent bull to right facing; retrograde B in exergue.</p><p>Ref: Campana 122 (same dies); HN Italy 407</p><p>Ex: Eucharius Collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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