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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > GB88975
Suessa Aurunca, Campania, Italy, c. 265 - 240 B.C.
|Italy|, |Suessa| |Aurunca,| |Campania,| |Italy,| |c.| |265| |-| |240| |B.C.|, In 340 B.C. the Aurunci people surrendered to Rome. Their primary city Aurunci was destroyed by the neighboring Sidicini tribe in 337. In 313, a Latin colony, Suessa Aurunca, was founded at the site. The town was known for manufacturing carts and baskets. Cicero speaks of it as a place of some importance. The triumviri settled veterans here, renaming it Colonia Julia Felix Classica Suessa. From inscriptions it appears that Matidia the younger, sister-in-law of Hadrian, had property in the district. Suessa saw its maximum urban expansion in the early Roman imperial age when the town extended over an area almost twice its current size.
GB88975. Bronze litra, BMC Italy p. 125, 17; HN Italy 449; SNG ANS 609; Laffaille 21; Sambon 873; HGC 1 510 (S), aVF, dark brown patina, edge split, corrosion, Suessa Aurunca mint, weight 7008g, maximum diameter 19.8mm, die axis 270o, c. 265 - 240 B.C.; obverse head of Minerva left in crested Corinthian helmet (no serpent ornamentation), border of dots; reverse cock standing right, star upper left, SVESANO upward on right, border of dots; scarce; SOLD











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