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THURIUM— VELIA.
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After B.c. s68 the coinage of silver ceases at Thurium, and is replaced
by that of the Bruttii.
Bronze. Circ. b.c. 400-300 and later.
The bronze coins of Thurium begin about b. C. 400. Their types, until
about B. C. 300, resemble those of the silver coins, obv. Head of Athena,
rev. Bull.
Towards the middle of the fourth century a sudden and remarkable
increase in the size and weight of the bronze coins takes place. A
similar rise at the same time is noticeable in the weight of the bronze
money in Sicily.
After b.c. 300 types referring to the worship of Apollo and Artemis
replace the head of Athena and the Bull. This new coinage was not of
long duration.
Head of Apollo.
M > J
Head of Artemis.
Head of Apollo.
Tripod.
dE size A
Lyre .......
/E ,
, '6
Artemis huntress
AE „ -9
Apollo standing, holding lyr<
3 dE ,
, -6
Cornucopiae.
„ -5
Copia. Not until the despatch of the Roman colony of Copia, B.C.
194,‘in Thurinum agrum ’ (Livy, xxXiv. 53) does the coinage recom-
mence, and it is then restricted to small bronze coins struck according to
the semuncial weight then prevalent in southern Italy. Cf. the coins of
Paestum, Brundusium, Uxentum, and Valentia.
b.c. 194-89,
Bronze, with marks of value. Semuncial weight.
4s. Head of Janus. COPIA Cornucopiae.
Semis. Female head veiled S ,, ,,
Triens. Head of Pallas • • • • ,, ,,
Quadrans., Head of Herakles ... ,, ,,
„ Head of Hermes. ,, „
The Lex Papiria Plautia, B.c. 89, in legalizing the As of Semuncial
weight at Rome itself, put an end at the same time to all local issues,
and enjoined upon the whole of Italy the exclusive use of the Roman
money, all Italians being thenceforward admitted to the rights of Roman
citizens.
Velia, on the Tyrrhenian sea, some twenty miles south of Poseidonia,
was founded about B. c. 540 by the Phocaeans who had voluntarily left
their own land rather than submit to the Persians. They appear to
have brought with them to their new home the system of weights with
which they had been familiar in Asia, viz. the drachm of 60-58 grs.,
together with the Ionic alphabet, for the letters H and £1 occur on the
earliest inscribed coins of Velia.
Period I. Circ. B.C. 540-500.
No inscription. Fore-part of lion i Incuse square At Drachm 60-58 grs.
devouring prey. 1 At Obol 13-8 grs.
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After B.c. s68 the coinage of silver ceases at Thurium, and is replaced
by that of the Bruttii.
Bronze. Circ. b.c. 400-300 and later.
The bronze coins of Thurium begin about b. C. 400. Their types, until
about B. C. 300, resemble those of the silver coins, obv. Head of Athena,
rev. Bull.
Towards the middle of the fourth century a sudden and remarkable
increase in the size and weight of the bronze coins takes place. A
similar rise at the same time is noticeable in the weight of the bronze
money in Sicily.
After b.c. 300 types referring to the worship of Apollo and Artemis
replace the head of Athena and the Bull. This new coinage was not of
long duration.
Head of Apollo.
M > J
Head of Artemis.
Head of Apollo.
Tripod.
dE size A
Lyre .......
/E ,
, '6
Artemis huntress
AE „ -9
Apollo standing, holding lyr<
3 dE ,
, -6
Cornucopiae.
„ -5
Copia. Not until the despatch of the Roman colony of Copia, B.C.
194,‘in Thurinum agrum ’ (Livy, xxXiv. 53) does the coinage recom-
mence, and it is then restricted to small bronze coins struck according to
the semuncial weight then prevalent in southern Italy. Cf. the coins of
Paestum, Brundusium, Uxentum, and Valentia.
b.c. 194-89,
Bronze, with marks of value. Semuncial weight.
4s. Head of Janus. COPIA Cornucopiae.
Semis. Female head veiled S ,, ,,
Triens. Head of Pallas • • • • ,, ,,
Quadrans., Head of Herakles ... ,, ,,
„ Head of Hermes. ,, „
The Lex Papiria Plautia, B.c. 89, in legalizing the As of Semuncial
weight at Rome itself, put an end at the same time to all local issues,
and enjoined upon the whole of Italy the exclusive use of the Roman
money, all Italians being thenceforward admitted to the rights of Roman
citizens.
Velia, on the Tyrrhenian sea, some twenty miles south of Poseidonia,
was founded about B. c. 540 by the Phocaeans who had voluntarily left
their own land rather than submit to the Persians. They appear to
have brought with them to their new home the system of weights with
which they had been familiar in Asia, viz. the drachm of 60-58 grs.,
together with the Ionic alphabet, for the letters H and £1 occur on the
earliest inscribed coins of Velia.
Period I. Circ. B.C. 540-500.
No inscription. Fore-part of lion i Incuse square At Drachm 60-58 grs.
devouring prey. 1 At Obol 13-8 grs.