Electrotype: Lucania, Herakleia AR Nomos. Circa 390-340 BC. British Museum electrotype; stamped MB (Latin initials of Museum). 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, |-HPAKΛHIΩN to right; between Herakles' legs, owl standing right, head facing. Head, Guide Period IV. C.16; for prototype, cf. Work 38; Van Keuren 50; HN Italy 1377. 6.81g, 23mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
From the David Freedman Collection.