Bretti
AR drachm 4.3650 g, 19.7 mm
220-214 BC
1. Rutter, N.K. 2001. Historia Numorum Italy. Page 159 #1970 and Plate 33 #1970. London: The British Museum Press. 2. Sear 515 var 3. Grose, S. W. 1926. Fitzwilliam Museum Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Volume I. Western Europe, Magna Graecia, Sicily. Page 182 #1507(var) and Plate 47.22. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Obverse
Head of Hera facing right wearing stephanie, veil, earring, and necklace; sceptre over left shoulder; grasshopper behind; border of dots. Γ below neck.
Reverse
Poseidon, naked, stooping left, right foot advanced and resting on top of short Ionic column. In his raised left hand, a long sceptre. His right elbow is resting on his right knee. On the left, an eagle is flying to the left with a caduceus in his talons.
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