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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > GI93430
Rhegion, Bruttium, Italy, c. 260 - 215 B.C.
|Italy|, |Rhegion,| |Bruttium,| |Italy,| |c.| |260| |-| |215| |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 as 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).
GI93430. Bronze AE 16, SNG ANS 727, HN Italy 2545, Gross McClean 1910, HGC 1 1695 (R1) corr. (obv. leg), aVF, green patina, light earthen deposits, bumps, flaw on chin, inscription weak, edge splits, Rhegion (Reggio, Calabria) mint, weight 2.359g, maximum diameter 15.8mm, die axis 180o, c. 260 - 215 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, long hair; reverse lion prowling right, PHΓI-NΩN in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection; rare; SOLD




  






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