Lot 2183
Sale 64 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes, Ancient, World Coins & War Medals, The W.J.Noble Collection of Communion Tokens
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Description
Italy, Lucania, Herakleia, (330-280 B.C.), silver stater or nomos, (7.84 grams), obv. head of Athena to right wearing laureate crested Attic helmet, ornamented with Scylla, K to right, rev. Heracles standing facing, club in hand, holding lion's skin, Nike crowning Herakles, to right [I-HPAK**LHIWN], to left **AL, S* to right , (cf.S.391; Work 54a [same dies], SNG ANS 69 [same dies]). Weakly struck on obverse, otherwise very fine and a very rare type.
- Estimate
- $450
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $250