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Nomos 29

5 November 2023
Zunfthaus zur Saffran

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Estimate: 250 CHF
Hammer Price:  1100 CHF
Lot 573

LUCANIA. Herakleia. Circa 420/15-390 BC. Diobol (Silver, 12 mm, 1.04 g, 12 h). Head of Athena to left, wearing a crested Attic helmet adorned with Skylla on the bowl. Rev. ⸠HPAKΛΗΙ-ΩΝ Herakles standing, facing, his torso turned to the right, lifting and strangling the Nemean lion, which he grasps in a choke hold; in the field to left, club. HN III 1380 (but the date given there, c. 433-330 BC, makes no sense). Van Keuren 72 var. (without club, but perhaps simply off the flan). Rare, with the obverse head to left. With a particularly sharply struck reverse. Obverse struck from a slightly worn and rusty die, and with light deposits, otherwise, nearly extremely fine/extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, and from the collection of L. Mildenberg.

Online bidding closes: 5 Nov 2023, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 27 Apr 2025, 08:37:11 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1100 CHF

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