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Hemidrachm
| Issuer | Brettii |
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| Year | 216 BC - 214 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a griffin device on the bowl. The rendering is in the South Italian Greek tradition, with carefully detailed facial features and helmet crest rising prominently above the head. The field is plain, with no surrounding legend on the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Brettii — the Bruttian confederation of southern Italy — struck this issue at a moment of maximum political urgency. Following Rome's catastrophic defeat at Cannae in 216 BC, Hannibal's coalition rapidly absorbed large portions of southern Italy, and the Brettii formally defected to Carthage shortly after. This coinage was almost certainly minted to fund military operations conducted in direct alliance with Hannibal's forces, making it, in practical terms, anti-Roman war coinage.
HN Italy 1972 is among the scarcer Bruttian silver denominations; the Scheu reference places it within a tightly defined die study that confirms a limited production window.