stater of Herakleion, 420/415-390 BC

Obv. hd Atheana wearing Attic helmet decorated with hippocamp with curved wing. Hair bound by a fillet in a knot
Rev. Heracles standing r wresling lion

Van Keuren 15      7.54 g      Classical Numismatic Group > Triton V  2002 lot 1083, estimate 3000 USD, realized 2600 USD
Work 10g (this coin)

type vK002-7


LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 420/415-390 BC. AR Nomos (7.54 gm). Head of Athena right, wearing crested 
helmet decorated with a large griffin / [T]HRAKLEIWN, Herakles standing facing, upper torso turned 
right, wrestling with the Nemean lion; club and bow to left, grain ear left. Van Keuren 3; SNG ANS -; 
Work 10g (this coin). Toned VF. Rare. ($3000) From the William N. Rudman Collection. Ex Hirsch Auktion 
XXXIII (17 November 1913), lot 120.