Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 16. Estimate $2000.
Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.
Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 330/25-281 BC. AR Nomos (7.73 g, 12h). K- and Atha-, magistrates.
^˙råk¬˙5W˜, Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone;
K behind neck /
^˙råk¬˙5W˜, Herakles standing left, holding club in right hand, bow in left, lion skin draped over left arm; oinochoe to upper left,
AQA to left. Van Keuren 85-6; HN Italy 1384; SNG ANS 75; SNG Lloyd 276; SNG Ashmolean 625 (same obv. die); Jameson 245; Gulbenkian 55 (same rev. die). Near EF, iridescent toning. Well struck on good metal.
From the James E. Cain Collection.
