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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2411788, member: 75525&quot;]I bought this coin because it was, &quot;Apparently unpublished.&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]498571[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]498572[/ATTACH]</p><p>Italy. Northern Apulia, Salapia. AE 14 mm, 275-250 BC.</p><p>Obv. Dolphin left;above [ΣAΛ]ΑΠΙΝΩΝ.</p><p>Rev. Dolphin right.</p><p>Not in HN Italy or Garrucci.</p><p>3.40 grams; 14.50 mm; RRR. Good VF.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also bought the coin because it was an Italian bronze from about the time of my cast bronze collection. The coin was sold under the general heading of Greek. I thought this odd because experts, like Wikipedia, say the town was not a Greek colony even thought it was surrounded by colonies. Also, the territory was under Roman control before the first Punic War, see map below. It may have been as early as 300 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498575[/ATTACH]</p><p>I was a bit confused what made coins from an Italian city under Roman control not quite Roman, so I bought another book - Between Rome and Carthage by Michael P Fronda. The book describes the situation in southern Italy and a confederation of city states that was dominated by Rome. Most of the cities continued to struggle for relative power with other lesser powers. Salapia sided with Rome in the 2nd Samnite War and Hannibal in the 2nd Punic War. They stopped issuing coins in their own name after the 2nd Punic War. I will report back after reading a bit more.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]498573[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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