BRUTTIUM, The Brettii. Circa 211-208 BC. Æ Reduced Sextans (15.93 gm).

Helmeted head of Ares left; griffin on helmet, thunderbolt below.
BRETTIWN, Hera Hoplosmia advancing right, holding shield and 
spear; flying owl right. 
Scheu 40; SNG ANS 97-99; Boutin, "Catalogue des Monnaies 
Grecques...Collection Pozzi," 694 = Virzi pl. 3, 111 (this
coin); SNG Cop 1640. 
Ex Tom Virzi Collection (Bank Leu Auktion 6, 8 May 1973), 
lot 19; Pozzi Collection. 

cf F. Scheu, "The earliest coins of the Bruttians," NumChron 1955, pp. 101-112 and "The bronze coins of the Bruttians," 
NumChron 1961, pg. 51-66. 
Also H. Pfeiler, "Die Münzprägung der Brettier," in JNG 16,
1964, pp 7-50, 
and 
E. Arslan, "Monetazione aurea ed argentea dei Brettii," Glaux 4, 1989, (a die study of the gold and silver series) 

Triton V Sale, 15 Jan 2002, lot 80.
Lot sold for USD 520.
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