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SICILY. Kephaloidion-Herakleia. Circa 405-396 BC. Litra (Silver, 12.5 mm, 0.74 g, 6 h). ΕΚ ΚΕΦΑΛΟΙΔ - ΙΤΑΝ Head of youthful Herakles to right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev. ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΩ - Τ - ΑΝ Bull butting to right, head lowered; in the field above, monogram of ΑΚ. Buceti 3B. Jenkins, Coinages pl. IX, 3. Rare. Well-centered and attractively toned. Minor flan crack and striking fault on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Leu Numismatics 57, 25 May 1993, 24.
This coin's obverse shows us yet another conception of Herakles, youthful, but with features so refined and coolly elegant that he could have just stepped out of Benozzo Gozzoli's frescoes on the walls of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi! In fact he looks a lot like the Magus Caspar.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions, ex Leu Numismatics 57, 25 May 1993, 24.
This coin's obverse shows us yet another conception of Herakles, youthful, but with features so refined and coolly elegant that he could have just stepped out of Benozzo Gozzoli's frescoes on the walls of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi! In fact he looks a lot like the Magus Caspar.