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 51                   7.84 g                     Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XI 2008 lot 15
                                                           Estimate 5,000 USD, realized 4,250 USD 


type vK042-052


LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. AR Nomos (7.84 g, 12h). Eu- and Apol-, magistrates. Head of Athena right, 
wearing Attic helmet decorated with Skylla hurling stone; EY to right / Herakles strangling the Nemean lion; [APOL]
and club to left, oinochoe between Herakles’ legs. Van Keuren 51; HN Italy 1378; SNG ANS 65 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 
-; SNG Ashmolean 615 (same obv. die). EF, dark iridescent toning. 


From the W.B. and R.E. Montgomery Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 47; Leu 79 (31 
October 2000), lot 247.