Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 69. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. Sold For $745. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 281-278 BC. AR Drachm (3.73 gm). Head of Athena facing three-quarters right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; monogram under left helmet crest, E under right helmet crest / Owl standing right on olive branch, head facing; club to left, FILW to right. Van Keuren 119 (same dies); SNG ANS 81. Lightly toned, good VF, very slight porosity in fields. Wonderfully executed dies. ($500)
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Auction 54 (14 June 2000), lot 161.