Watch List notes:

LUCANIA. Herakleia. Circa 276-250 BC. Didrachm or Nomos (Silver, 20 mm, 6.50 g, 5 h). ՒHPAKΛEIΩN Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a winged hippocamp on the bowl; behind, ՒH. Rev. Herakles standing front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and club and lion's skin in his left; to right, thunderbolt. HN Italy 1435 var. (altar on the reverse). Van Keuren 138 var. (altar on the reverse). A rare variety. Very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.