Apulia, Luceria Æ Quadrunx. Circa 211-200 BC. Head of Hercules to right, wearing lion skin headdress; four pellets (mark of value) downwards behind / Quiver, club and bow; LOVCERI below. HN Italy 679; SNG ANS 704-5; HGC 1, 608. 16.39g, 25mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine; in an exceptional state of preservation for the issue. Rare; and likely the finest example to come to auction in the past twenty years.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, Auction 15, 27 April 2015 (hammer: EUR 800).