153, Lot: 10. Estimate $300. Sold for $381. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.32 g). Veiled head of Hera Lakinia right, sceptre over shoulder; grasshopper behind / Zeus standing left, foot resting on Ionic column, holding sceptre; eagle on thunderbolt in left field, G to right. Arslan dies -/37’; Scheu 79; HN Italy 1970. Near EF, dark find patina, a few scratches under tone.

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.