Lot description:
Lucania, Metapontion Æ 15mm. Circa 300-250 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Grain ear with leaf to right; META upwards to left. Johnston Bronze 60; SNG ANS 567-8; HN Italy 1696; HGC 1, 1124. 2.86g, 15mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine; attractive brown patina, an excellent example of the type.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 74, 20 August 2020, lot 241;
Acquired from Nomos AG, from an old collection in Davos, Grisons, formed before the 1990s.
Estimate: 50 GBP | |