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Didrachm
| Issuer | Brettii |
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| Year | 214 BC - 211 BC |
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| Reference(s) | HN Italy#1977 |
| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Ares facing left, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet; two pellets positioned in the field behind the head. The portrait is rendered in a bold, somewhat provincial Italic style characteristic of Bruttian coinage of the Second Punic War period. |
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| Mintage | ND (214 BC - 211 BC) |
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The Brettii — a Samnite-related people of Bruttium in the toe of Italy — issued coinage during their alliance with Hannibal following Rome's catastrophic defeat at Cannae in 216 BC. This didrachm falls within the brief window when Carthaginian presence in southern Italy gave the Brettii both the political cover and the economic need to mint aggressively, partly to pay troops and partly to assert autonomy from Rome. Their coinage program collapsed when Carthaginian fortunes reversed and Roman reprisals rendered further independence impossible.