Ex Prospero Collection

CNG 102, Lot: 40. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 281-278 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.70 g, 5h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right; monogram to left / Owl standing right, head facing, on olive branch; club to left. Van Keuren 117 (same dies as illustration); HN Italy 1414. Near EF, toned, slight die wear, reverse off center.

From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection. Ex Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 49, purchased from Spink, October 1985.