Handsome Old Cabinet Tone

254, Lot: 6. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.57 g, 6h). Second Punic War issue. Veiled head of Hera Lakinia right, wearing polos / Zeus, nude, standing left, right foot on Ionic capital, holding scepter; crab to left, tiny Γ (engraver's signature) between scepter and left foot of Zeus. Scheu 68-73; HN Italy 1969. Near EF, obverse slightly off center. Attractive old cabinet toning.