‡ Italy, Bruttium, The Brettii, quadrigatus, c. 215-205 BC, jugate heads of the Dioscuri right wearing laureate pilei; above, two stars; to left, cornucopiae and Γ, rev., the Dioscuri on horseback right holding palm branches; above, two stars; below, spear; in ex, ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ, 5.74g, die axis 6.00 (Arslan p. 127, AR2-1bis’, this piece listed; Jameson 405 = AMB 182, this piece; Pfeiler 16, pl. 1, 5, same dies; SNG ANS 2, same reverse die; Boston 162; BMC 8), dark toning, extremely fine, an exceptional example, very rare Provenance: Theodor Prowe collection, Bruder Egger, 28 November 1904, lot 138 (‘Das bis 1902 im Berliner Cabinet ausgelegt gewesene Exemplar’); William Woodward collection; Robert Jameson collection, 405 (‘Doubles de Berlin’); Hess-Leu, 27 March 1956, lot 286; Athos and Dina Moretti; Collection Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, NAC 13, 8 October 1998, lot 182; European Connoisseur collection (formed before 2002).

Estimate: GBP 7000-10000