Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4135 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 29TH JULY) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $300
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ITALY, Bruttium, The Brettii, (c.214-211 B.C.), AE unit or drachm (23mm, 10.24 g), obv. laureate head of Zeus right, grain ear to left, within dotted border, rev. eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with open wings, cornucopia to left, around BPET TI**W*N, (S.704, Scheu, Bronze 14; HN Italy 1978). Dark green surfaces and patina, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Ex Spink, London, auction Sale 160, October 9, 2002 (lot 987 part) with lot card.
A similar example in CNG eSale 495, 7 July 2021 (lot 19) realised $750US.
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