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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > GS79976
Rhegion, Bruttium, Italy, c. 415 - 387 B.C.
|Italy|, |Rhegion,| |Bruttium,| |Italy,| |c.| |415| |-| |387| |B.C.|, Rhegion reached great artistic and cultural heights. It was home to academies, such as the Pythagorean School, and to well-known poets, historians and sculptors such Ibycus, Ippy, and Pythagoras. It was an important ally of the Roman Republic. Rhegium flourished during the Imperial Age but was devastated by several major earthquakes and tsunami. St. Paul passed through Rhegium on his final voyage to Rome (Acts XXVIII:13).
GS79976. Silver litra, SNG Cop 1936; SNG ANS 670; SNG Munchen 1588; SNG Tüb 536; HN Italy 2495; BMC Italy p. 376, 30, VF, well centered, nice style, uneven toning, light corrosion, Rhegion mint, weight 0.722g, maximum diameter 10.2mm, die axis 90o, c. 415 - 387 B.C.; obverse facing lion scalp mask; reverse olive sprig with two olives, PH between the leaves; SOLD











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