CNG 100, Lot: 3. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 320-315 BC. AV Diobol – Sixth Stater (10mm, 1.40 g, 3h). Head of Apollo left, with long hair, wearing laurel wreath; ΣA to upper left; to lower left, dolphin downwards; TA[PAΣ] to right / Herakles standing facing, raising club held in his right hand, holding out left arm to ward off the Nemean Lion, which attacks him from right; quiver over bow to left, |-H across lower field. Fischer-Bossert G14 (V11/R14); Vlasto 27; HN Italy 951; SNG ANS 1; BMC 25–6; Boston MFA 73 = Warren 36; Jameson 161; McClean 599 (all from the same dies). VF, small scratch on cheek, minor double strike on reverse.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Peus 380 (3 November 2004), lot 76.