Apulia, Venusia Æ Uncia. Circa 210-200 BC. Half length bust of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress and holding club over shoulder; pellet before / Lion seated left, breaking spear held in its jaw; VE monogram left. SNG ANS 757; BMC Italy pg. 151, 14; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Munich 549; SNG Morcom 234; Laffaille, Choix de Monnaies Grecques en Bronze, pl. 5 = Weber 482. 5.92g, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare, and in outstanding condition for the type.
Sold with export licence issued by The Israel Antiquities Authority.