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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > GI87398
Locri Epizephyrii, Bruttium, Italy, 280 - 275 B.C., Time of Pyrrhus
|Italy|, |Locri| |Epizephyrii,| |Bruttium,| |Italy,| |280| |-| |275| |B.C.,| |Time| |of| |Pyrrhus|, Relations between Locri and Syracuse were close and in the late 5th century B.C. they were allied against Athenian aggression. In 282 B.C. the city received a Roman garrison for defense against the Bretti, but in 280 joined Pyrrhus and became his main South Italian mint. The Romans regained control in 275 and held it until 212 - 205 when Bruttium became the last stronghold of Hannibal and his Brettian allies.
GI87398. Bronze AE 23, Lindgren II 359 (this coin), HN Italy 2386, SNG ANS 573, SNG Cop 1889, BMC Corinth -, VF, burgundy-brown patina, porous, Locri Epizephyrii mint, weight 8.985g, maximum diameter 22.9mm, die axis 90o, 280 - 275 B.C.; obverse head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet, necklace and drop earring, barley ear behind; reverse ΛOKPΩN (below), Pegasus flying left, AΓ monogram below; this is the Lindgren plate coin, ex FORUM (2013); SOLD











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