Triton XVI, Lot: 192. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.79 g, 4h). Third coinage. Attic standard. Second Punic War issue. Draped bust of Nike right, wearing diadem, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / Dionysos standing facing, crowning himself with wreath held in his right hand, holding scepter in his left; BPETTIΩN to left; to right, incense altar above tiny K. Arslan dies 46/64'; Scheu S9; HN Italy 1959; SNG ANS 18 var. (no K on reverse); SNG Lloyd –; Pozzi 269 (same dies); Ars Classica XII, lot 541 (same dies). Superb EF, attractive cabinet toning.

From the RCM Collection. Ex Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 51; Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 47.