Two Choice Diobols Relating to Herakles

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 57. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $295. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-228 BC. AR Diobol (1.11 g, 10h). Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with Skylla / The Herakliskos Drakonopnigon; monogram to lower left, thunderbolt in exergue. Vlasto 1455; cf. HN Italy 1068. Good VF, lightly toned, irregular flan.

From the James E. Cain Collection.