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BRUTTIUM, the Brettii

216-214 BCE

Æ quartuncia, 13.5mm, 2.06 g,  Second coinage

Obv:  head of sea-goddess (Amphitrite?) left, wearing crab headdress

Rev:  crab; torch above, BPET-TIΩN above and below

Ref:  Pfeiler p. 33, 4a; Scheu, Bronze 51; HN Italy 1944; SNG ANS 123–4; SNG Lloyd –; McClean 1579

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