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278, Lot: 156. Estimate $150.
Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KYRENAICA, Euesperides. Circa 325-313 BC. Æ (24mm, 13.36 g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow, club, and quiver. Buttrey, Coins 730 var. (bow and quiver switched) and Appendix p. 59, pl. 12, E16 (same obv. die). Fine, brown surfaces, heavy cleaning scratches. Very rare.


As noted by Buttrey (p. 54 and 59), the head of Herakles is derived from Pella mint tetradrachms of Alexander struck circa 325 BC, which serves as a terminus post quem for the bronze coinage of the city.