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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > GI76947
Vibo Valentia (Hipponion), Bruttium, Italy, c. 192 - 89 B.C.
|Italy|, |Vibo| |Valentia| |(Hipponion),| |Bruttium,| |Italy,| |c.| |192| |-| |89| |B.C.|, Vibo Valentia was originally the Greek colony of Hipponion. It was founded, probably around the late 7th century B.C., by inhabitants of Locri, a city south of Vibo Valentia on the Ionian Sea. In 388 B.C., the city was taken by Dionysius the Elder, tyrant of Syracuse, who deported the entire population. The population came back in 378 B.C., with the help of the Carthaginians. In the following years Hipponion came under the dominion of the Bruttii. The town fell to Rome and became a Roman colony in 194 B.C. with the name of Vibo Valentia. After a phase of prosperity during the late Republic and early Empire, the town was almost completely abandoned after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
GI76947. Bronze sextans, SNG ANS 494; SNG Cop 1856; SNG Munchen 1395; SNG Tüb 510; BMC Italy p. 363, 31; HN Italy 2266; SNG Morcom -, VF, nice green patina, reverse slightly off-center, bumps and marks, areas of light corrosion, Vibo Valentia mint, weight 1.999g, maximum diameter 14.3mm, die axis 135o, c. 192 - 89 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, two pellets (mark of value) behind; reverse VALENTIA, lyre, two pellets (mark of value) right; SOLD











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