ELECTROTYPES, LUCANIA. Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. Electrotype ‘Nomos’ (24mm, 6.50 g, 1h). Unsigned British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons.

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ELECTROTYPES, LUCANIA. Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. Electrotype ‘Nomos’ (24mm, 6.50 g, 1h). Unsigned British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-pendant earring, pearl necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla hurling a stone; Δ/Κ/Φ to right / Herakles standing facing, upper torso turned right, wrestling with the Nemean Lion; club and ΚΑΛ to left, |-HPAKΛHIΩN to right; between Herakles' legs, owl standing right, head facing. GPCG Period III C, 12 (for original). As made.

From the Mercury Group Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 1472 (part of).


Closing Date and Time: 20 October 2021 at 14:28:00 ET.

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