Ex Vlasto Collection

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 49. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 325-280 BC. AR Diobol (1.16 g, 3h). Head of Herakles facing slightly left; club to left / Herakles strangling the Nemean Lion; Φ between Herakles’ legs. Vlasto 1348 (this coin); HN Italy 977. VF, toned. Rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.4 (August 2000), no. 2885; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 1348.