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Reduced Uncia
| Issuer | Brettii |
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| Year | 211 BC - 208 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Naked warrior striding vigorously to the right, carrying a round shield on his left arm and a long spear in his right hand, embodying the martial iconography typical of Bruttian coinage. A bunch of grapes appears at his feet in the lower field before him, referencing the agricultural prosperity of the region. The ethnic legend BRETTIWN is divided across the field, flanking the central figure in Greek characters. |
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| Mintage | ND (211 BC - 208 BC) |
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The Brettii — a Samnite-related people of Bruttium in the toe of Italy — struck their own coinage during the Second Punic War largely because they had allied with Hannibal after his victories at Trebbia and Lake Trasimene. This series dates to the period when Roman counter-pressure was intensifying and Carthaginian support was thinning, leaving the Brettii increasingly exposed. The "reduced" designation reflects a deliberate weight reduction from the earlier full uncia standard, a practical response to the economic strain of sustaining a war footing against Rome's grinding reconquest of southern Italy.