The Infant Herakles – One of Four Known

Triton XX, Lot: 282. Estimate $1500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Phokaia. Circa 478-387 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (10mm, 2.54 g). Infant Herakles seated facing, head and arms left; above, small seal right / Quadripartite incuse square. CNG 102, lot 475; Roma 10, lot 403; Roma 5, lot 322; otherwise unpublished. Good VF, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, one of four known.

From the MM Collection. Ex Triton XIX (5 January 2016), lot 234.