419, Lot: 587. Estimate $150. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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GREEK, Bruttium. Kroton. Circa 425-350 BC. “AR Nomos” (22mm, 9.18 g, 6h). British Museum electrotype (marked [MB] on reverse). Herakles seated left on rocky outcropping, holding branch and club; altar to left, bow and bow case to right, pair of fish in exergue / Tripod, legs terminating in lion's feet, tied with fillet; to left, Apollo Pythios taking aim at a coiled python to right; KPOTON in exergue. Cf. GPCG Period II C 18 and pl. 14, 18 (for prototype); Head,
Guide –. As Issued.