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Æ Drachm
| Issuer | Brettii |
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| Year | 208 BC - 203 BC |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse lettering | BΡETTIΩN |
| Edge | Plain |
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The Brettii — the dominant Italic people of Bruttium, the toe of the Italian peninsula — struck this issue during the final, desperate phase of their alliance with Hannibal. After Cannae, they had backed Carthage decisively, and their coinage of this period reflects a polity still projecting authority while Roman reconquest was already closing in. By 203 BC their minting ceased entirely, and Rome's retribution was severe: the Bruttian aristocracy was collectively stripped of civic rights and reduced to the status of permanent servants of the Roman state.