The Herakliskos Drakonopnigon

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1017. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 400-325 BC. AR Nomos (7.64 g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo right / The Herakliskos Drakonopnigon: the Infant Herakles crouching facing on rock, head left, strangling a serpent in each hand. Attianese 164; HN Italy 2157; SNG ANS 384-8; SNG Lloyd 618 (same obv. die); Basel 199; Jameson 434; Gulbenkian 132. VF, toned, light scratch under tone on obverse.