Ex Vlasto Collection

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 74. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $285. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-228 BC. AR Diobol (0.95 g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly left / Herakles strangling the Nemean Lion; club to left, branch between Herakles’ legs. Vlasto 1466 (this coin); HN Italy -. Good VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.4 (August 2000), no. 2890; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 1466.