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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Brettii |
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| Year | 216 BC - 214 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | Γ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Brettii — a tribal confederation controlling much of Bruttium in the toe of Italy — issued coinage aggressively during their alliance with Hannibal following the catastrophic Roman defeat at Cannae in 216 BC. This hemidrachm falls squarely within that window of Carthaginian alignment, when the Brettii seized the opportunity to assert independence from Rome and needed hard currency to pay troops and conduct trade on their own terms. The alliance ultimately proved fatal: Rome's eventual reconquest was punishing, and Bruttian communities were stripped of citizen rights and reduced to the status of a subject people, a humiliation that effectively ended the region as a political force.