ANCIENT GREEK COINS
LUCANIA | Heraclea
CNG Triton XXVII, Jan 2024
Lot 11 AR Nomos, 7.73g
FROM THE AUCTION CATALOG
| House | Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, USA |
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| Date | January 9th, 2024 |
| Lot | 11 |
| Description | Lot 11. LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.73 g, 1h). 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, |-HPA[KΛHIΩN] to right; between Herakles' legs, owl standing right, head facing. Work 39 (same dies); Van Keuren 50; HN Italy 1377; SNG ANS 63 = Sartiges 28 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 272 (same dies); Gillet 125; McClean 824 (same obv. die); Pozzi 148 (same dies); Ward 44 (same obv. die). Attractive deep iridescent tone. Good VF. Struck from wonderfully engraved dies for this type. |
| Issuer | LUCANIA | Heraclea |
| Metal | AR (Silver) |
| Denomination | Nomos |
| Weight | 7.73g |
| Estimate | 4000 |
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| Currency | USD |
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LUCANIA | Heraclea
CNG Triton XXVII, Jan 2024
Lot 11 AR Nomos, 7.73g