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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > GI86589
Rhegion, Bruttium, Italy, c. 445 - 435 B.C.
|Italy|, |Rhegion,| |Bruttium,| |Italy,| |c.| |445| |-| |435| |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).
GI86589. Silver litra, Herzfelder pl. IV, Bα; HN Italy 2485; BMC Italy p. 375, 21 (ivy leaf); SNG Cop 1932 var. (ivy leaf l.); Weber 1118 var. (olive leaf rev.), Choice EF, excellent centering and strike, dark glossy toning, Rhegion mint, weight 0.579g, maximum diameter 11.4mm, die axis 180o, c. 445 - 435 B.C.; obverse facing lion scalp mask, olive leaf (control symbol) lower right; reverse RECI within olive wreath tied to the left, no control marks; a beautiful little gem!; scarce; SOLD




  







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