Stater of Herakleion, c 390-340 BC

Obv. hd Athena wearing Attic helmet decorated with Scylla
Rev. Herakles standing r strangling lion with both arms


van Keuren 50                   7.49 g                     Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 78 2008 lot 156. 
                                                           Estimate 1,500 USD, realized 2,550 USD


type vK042-052


LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. AR Nomos (7.49 g, 3h). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with 
Skylla hurling a stone; Δ, K, and φ before / Herakles wrestling the Nemean Lion; club and KAΛ to right, owl between
legs. Van Keuren 50; HN Italy 1377. VF, toned. 


Ex Numismatica Ars Classica G (10 April 1997), lot 1020.