CNG 94, Lot: 60. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 400-325 BC. AR Nomos (18mm, 7.54 g, 10h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath; KPOTΩNIA-TAΣ around / The Herakliskos Drakonopnigon: the Infant Herakles, nude, crouching facing on rock, head left, strangling a serpent in each hand. HN Italy 2157; SNG ANS 385 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 617–8; Basel 199; Dewing 513; Gulbenkian 132–3; Jameson 433–4. Good VF, attractively toned, a hint of porosity, a few light scratches on neck.
From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Pegasi 26 (15 May 2012), lot 33.