Brundisium in Calabria, 200-89 BC., Æ Semis, SNG ANS 781-91.

Brundisium (Brindisi) in Calabria, circa 200-89 BC.,
Æ Semis (20-21 mm / 7,35 g),
Obv.: S , beneath laureate head of Poseidon right; trident and wreath-bearing Nike behind.
Rev.: S / BRVN, youth on dolphin left, holding wreath-bearing Nike in right hand, cithara in left; star of eight rays before.
BMC 1., 156, 11 ; SNG ANS 781-91 ; SNG Vol: X, 246 (John Morcom Collection) = SNGuk_1000_0246 .

Brundisium had been of Messapian origin, the Bentesion of the Greeks and the Brundisium of the Latins.
It was colonized 245 BC by the Romans and used as a naval base in the Second Punic war during 218-201 BC.