Triton XVI, Lot: 191. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.69 g, 3h). Third coinage. Attic standard. Second Punic War issue. Veiled head of Hera Lakinia right, wearing polos; transverse scepter in background, fly over shoulder / Zeus, nude, standing left, right foot on ionic capital, holding scepter in left hand; to left, eagle flying left, holding wreath in its talons; BPETTIΩN to right, tiny Γ between foot and scepter. Arslan dies 21/35' (this coin referenced); Scheu S84; HN Italy 1970; SNG ANS 26 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 542 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1416 (same dies); SNG München 1249 (same dies). EF, attractively toned. Well centered on good metal.

Ex Collection Mme. T. (Weil, 15 January 2006), lot 1; Münzen und Medaillen 54 (26 October 1978), lot 67.