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Drachm
| Issuer | Brettii (Bruttium) |
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| Year | 213 BC - 205 BC |
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| Currency | Attic drachm |
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| Reverse lettering | BPETTIΩN Γ |
| Edge | Plain |
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The Brettii issued this gold drachm during the Second Punic War, when the confederation had allied with Hannibal following his devastating victories at Trasimene and Cannae. The decision to break from Rome brought immediate fiscal consequences — the Brettii needed hard currency to pay Carthaginian and mercenary troops operating throughout southern Italy, which almost certainly drove this emergency coinage.
By 205 BC, Roman forces were systematically retaking Bruttium. The confederation would never recover politically, and its independent coinage ends here.