| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 11 Price realized: 16,000 USD (Approx. 14,654 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 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. From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLVI.1 (Winter 2021), no. 564443; Roma XX (29 October 2020), lot 15; Dr. G. W. Collection (Gorny & Mosch 269, 9 March 2020), lot 90. Herakleia was a relatively late foundation along the instep of the Italian "boot," starting out as a compromise settlement between the warring city-states of Thourioi and Tarentum around 432 BC. Although widely regarded as a colony of Tarentum, Herakleia considered itself independent and played host to an annual meeting of envoys from all the Italo-Greek cities. Named after Herakles, the city's coinage naturally depicted the powerful demigod on the reverse, here in a deadly embrace with the Nemean Lion. Estimate: 4000 USD |  |
Match 1:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 12 Price realized: 3,750 USD (Approx. 3,435 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. AR Nomos (21mm, 7.81 g, 6h). Head of Athena right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla throwing stone held in right hand; EY to right / Herakles standing facing, torso right, strangling the Nemean Lion to right; |-HPAKΛ[EIΩN] above, AΠOΛ and club to left, oinochoe below. Work 47 (same dies); Van Keuren 51 (same obv. die as illustration); HN Italy 1378; SNG ANS 66; Bement 138 (same obv. die); Hunterian 7 (same dies); McClean 825 (same obv. die); Weber 706 (same dies). Attractive iridescent tone. In NGC encapsulation 3760896-001, graded Ch XF, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5. Well centered. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 21 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.77 g, 8h). Head of Athena right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla throwing stone held in right hand; EY to right / Herakles standing facing, torso right, strangling the Nemean Lion to right; [|-HPAKΛ-EIΩN above, AΠOΛ] and club to left, oinochoe below. Work 46 (same dies); Van Keuren 51 (same obv. die as illustration); HN Italy 1378; Bement 138 (same dies); McClean 825 (same dies). Iridescent tone, slight die wear. Good VF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Roma Numismatics, 6 December 2013. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 59 (4 April 2011), lot 495. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 185 Price realized: 1,100 USD (Approx. 1,007 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 17.11 g, 1h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31; SNG München 49; Dewing 1591–2 and 1594–8; Gulbenkian 519–21. Lightly toned, typical edge splits, spot of die rust on obverse, minor doubling on reverse. Near EF. Ex Heritage 3021 (6 January 2013), lot 21197 (hammer $4000). Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 10 Price realized: 2,750 USD (Approx. 2,519 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. AR Nomos (22mm, 7.75 g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding rudder over her shoulder / Herakles standing facing, torso right, strangling the Nemean Lion to right; to left, retrograde EP above shell above club; HPAKΛ[EIΩN] to left. Work 29 (same dies); Van Keuren 47; HN Italy 1376; BMC 14 (same dies); McClean 822–3 (same dies). Old collection tone, minor flan crack, some doubling on obverse, struck with worn reverse die. Near EF. Ex Hess-Leu 49 (27 April 1971), lot 19. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 181 Price realized: 1,300 USD (Approx. 1,191 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: ATTICA, Athens. Circa 454-404 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.21 g, 5h). Head of Athena right, with frontal eye, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left, AΘE to right; all within incuse square. Kroll 8; HGC 4, 1597; SNG Copenhagen 31; SNG München 49; Dewing 1591–2 and 1594–8; Gulbenkian 519–21. Lightly toned over lustrous surfaces, trace deposits. Superb EF. Well struck from dies of high relief. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
