Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 17. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 281-278 BC. AR Nomos (7.85 g, 3h). E- and Aris-, magistrates.
^˙råk¬˙5W-˜, Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone;
E behind neck / Herakles standing left, holding club in right hand, bow in left, lion skin draped over left arm; to upper left, owl standing right;
[AR]IS to left. Van Keuren 87; HN Italy 1385; SNG ANS 79 (same dies); SNG Lloyd -; SNG Ashmolean -. Near EF, toned, struck from slightly worn dies.
From Collection C.G.