cf. NAC, auction 96, Zürich 6 October 2016, Lot 1009 (in xf : CHF 4.500 + 20%) | Afkortingen
19,00 mm
weight 4,83gr. | silver Ø 19mm. Minted during the Second Punic War, as ally of Hannibal.
obv. Bust of winged Nikè right, wearing broad diadem, necklace, and earring with pendant, her hair bound behind with a fillet, behind head plough left rev. Naked figure of youthful river-god, horned, standing facing, crowning himself with right hand, and holding a long scepter in left, drapery hanging over his left arm, Thymiaterion (incense-altar) in field to right, in field to left the ethnic BPETTIΩN The Bretii emerged as a separate ethnic entity in the middle of the fourth century and by the 280s BC controlled virtually all southern Italy south of the Laus-Thurium line only Rhegion, Locri and Kroton held out. It is in this period of Brettian control that the mints of Consentia, Medma and Hipponium produced thein coinages. The Brettii joined Pyrrhus of Epirus and lost much land to Romeafter his defeat. During the Second Punic War the Brettii joined Hannibal after his victory at Cannae in 216 BC, and provided him in due course with his last base. They produced the whole of their ethnic coinage as his allies, before 203.A thymiaterion is an ancient censer or incense burner, used by the Greeks, Etruscans, and others for burning aromatic plants, resins, and incense. Derived from the Greek word "thymiaein" (to smoke), it was a vessel used in various religious and social rituals, including those in temples, private homes, and at events like symposia and weddings. These objects varied in shape and size, and were made from materials like bronze and terracotta. The thymiaterion was was widely used in the Mediterranean from at least the 7th century BC to the 4th century AD.♦ In an exceptionnal condition for the issue ♦ Perfectly struck on a large flan and with a delicate tone.cf. NAC, auction 96, Zürich 6 October 2016, Lot 1009 (in xf : CHF 4.500 + 20%)
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