Rhegion in Bruttium 415BC Silver Ancient Greek Coin LION Olive leaves i41453

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Rhegion in Bruttium 415BC Silver Ancient Greek Coin LION Olive leaves i41453:
$750.00

Item: i41453

Authentic Ancient Coin of:

Greek city of Rhegion in Bruttium
Silver Litra 11mm (0.62 grams) Struck 415-387 B.C.
Reference: Sear 503; B.M.C. 1.32
Lion\'s scalp facing.
PH between two olive-leaves with berries.

Destroyed by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 387 B.C. and restored some years alter
by Dionysios II, 356-350 B.C.

You are offerding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.

AfterCumae, Reggio is one of the oldest Greek colonies in southern Italy. The colony was settled by the inhabitants ofChalcis andMessenia in 720 BC on the site of an older settlement, Erythrà (Ερυθρά), meaning \"the red one\".

This dated back to the 3rd millennium BC and was established by theAusones. The last Ausonian ruler was the legendary king Italus (from whom the name of Italy is derived).[4] King Iokastos is buried on the Punta Calamizzi promontory, called \"Pallantiòn\", where Greek settlers later arrived. The colony retained the earlier name of \"Rhegion\" (Ρήγιoν).

Reggio was one of the most important cities in Magna Grecia, reaching great economic and political power during the 5th and 6th centuries BC under theAnaxilas government. It allowed Reggio to rule over all theStrait, includingZancle (modernMessina). Later, the polis of Rhegion reached great artistic and cultural heights with its philosophicPythagorean school, as well as sculpture and poetry schools, from where came leaders such asPythagoras of Rhegium andIbycus. Later, Rhegion allied withAthens during thePeloponnesian War but in 387 BC, the city was taken by theSyracusans.

As an independent city, Rhegium was an important ally and \"socia navalis\" ofRome. Then during the Imperial age it became one of the most important and flourishing cities of southern Italy because it was the seat of the \"Corrector\", the Governor of the \"Regio II Lucania et Bruttii\" (province of Lucany and Brutium). It was devastated by several majorearthquakes and associatedtsunami during theRoman Empire when it was called \"Rhegium Julium.\" It was a noble Roman city.

During the Byzantine Age, Reggio became the capital of the \"metropolis of the Byzantine possessions in southern Italy\", and later capital of theDuchy of Calabria and linchpin of the Greek church in Italy. During the 8th century, the city became aHoly See.

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