156, Lot: 3. Estimate $300. Sold for $311. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, The Brettii. Circa 216-214 BC. AR Drachm (22mm, 4.43 g). Second Punic War issue. Veiled head of Hera Lakinia right, wearing polos; over shoulder, scepter and fly / Zeus, nude, standing left, right foot on Ionic capital, holding scepter in left hand; to left, eagle flying left, holding wreath in its talons. Arslan dies 20/-; Scheu 84; SNG ANS 26; HN Italy 1970. Good VF, dark find patina, light cleaning marks, some minor roughness.

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. The reverse die, like Arslan 33’, appears to have been re-cut in the vicinity of the eagle symbol.