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Didrachm
| Issuer | Brettii |
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| Year | 216 BC - 214 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ |
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The Brettii — a confederation of Oscan-speaking tribes in Bruttium, the toe of the Italian peninsula — began striking their own coinage only after siding with Hannibal following the catastrophe at Cannae in 216 BC. This didrachm belongs to that narrow window when the Brettii controlled much of southern Italy under Carthaginian alliance, operating mints that had previously served as Roman allied facilities. The arrangement collapsed with Hannibal's retreat, and Bruttian independent coinage ceased entirely by around 203 BC under Roman reconquest.