211, Lot: 137. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA. Tarentum. Five Bronzes. All coins: Circa 280-200 BC. Includes:
1) Æ 21mm. Head of Athena facing slightly right / Herakles standing facing, holding club and cornucopia. Vlasto 1797 (this coin) //
2) Æ 16mm. Helmeted head of Athena / Herakles wrestling Nemean lion. Vlasto 1807 (this coin) //
3 Æ 16mm. Helmeted head of Athena right / Herakles, holding vase and leaning on club, seated left on rock covered with lion’s skin. Vlasto 1814 (this coin) //
4) Æ 15mm. Cockle shell / Phalanthos, holding kantharos and cornucopia, on dolphin left. Vlasto 1828 //
5) Æ 13mm. Same as previous. Fine condition or better. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.