153, Lot: 11. Estimate $300. Sold for $305. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BRUTTIUM, The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. AR Drachm (18mm, 4.74 g). Diademed bust of Nike right; two crescents (?) behind / River god Aisaros standing facing, crowning himself and holding sceptre; coiled serpent and
S to right. Arslan dies -/59’; Scheu 41; HN Italy 1961. Good VF, light scratches under 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.