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163, Lot: 4. Estimate $300.
Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.98 g). Diademed bust of Nike right; serpent behind / River god Aisaros standing facing, crowning himself and holding sceptre; to right, I(?) and incense altar. Cf. Arslan dies 51/ 69’; Scheu -; cf. S17-S19 (diff. obv. symbol); HN Italy 1959. VF, find patina.



Arslan refines Scheu’s chronology to a small degree, dating the Hera/Zeus type to 214/13-211/10 BC, and the Nike/Aisaros to 211/10-203 BC.