Triton XVI, Lot: 193. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.53 g, 8h). Third coinage. Attic standard. Second Punic War issue. Diademed bust of Nike right; cornucopia to left / Dionysos, nude but for drapery over left arm, standing facing, crowning himself with wreath in right hand and holding scepter in left; BPETTIΩN to left; to right, thymiaterion above B. Arslan dies 53/77'; Scheu S27; HN Italy 1959; SNG ANS –; SNG Lloyd 545 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1410 (same dies); de Luynes 657 (same dies). Good VF, attractive dark toning. Excellent metal.