Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1619
ITALY, Lucania, Herakleia, (330-280 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.760 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing laureate crested Attic helmet, ornamented with Scylla, above traces of I-HPAK**LHIW N*, K behind head, rev. I-HPAK**LHIWN* to right, **[AQA]* to left, Heracles standing facing, club in hand, holding lion's skin and club, [jug above to left], (cf.S.391; SNG Lloyd 276 [same dies, 6 reported], Work 80 [same dies], Van Keuren 85 [similar dies]). Weakly struck in places, from worn die, otherwise very fine and a rare type, with a clear reverse ethnic.
Estimate
$500
SOLD $420
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Lot 1617
ITALY, Campania, Teanum Sidicinum, (c.268 B.C.), AE 20, (6.452 grams), obv. Corinthian helmeted head of ...
Estimate $80
Lot 1618
ITALY, Apulia, Arpi, (3rd century B.C.), AE 22, (9,235 grams), obv. Zeus laureate left, fulmen ...
Estimate $100
Lot 1619 This lot
ITALY, Lucania, Herakleia, (330-280 B.C.), silver nomos, stater or didrachm, (7.760 grams), obv. head of ...
Estimate $500
Lot 1620
ITALY, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.520 B.C.), silver stater, (7.444 grams) on broad thin flan, obv. ear ...
Estimate $1,300
Lot 1621
ITALY, Lucania, Metapontum, (c.400-350 B.C.), silver stater, (7.632 grams), obv. head of female to right, ...
Estimate $180
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