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Heraclea Lucaniae 433-330 BC AR diobol 1.14 g 1.19 cm 1.19 cm

obverse: hd Athena r wearing Attic helmet decorated with Hippocamp with curved wing
reverse: Herakles kneeling r fighting lion HPAKΛEIΩN retrograde
ex Vlasto 1306, HNI 1379, van Keuren 63
Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. 2000 Buy Or Bid Sale 116 148 

Some types dated 433-400 BC on account of the dispersed hoard found in Paestum in 1858,
which Kraay suggested was buried ca. 410-405 BC (F. van Keuren 1994).
433-400 BC

vK 38    hd r/kneeling r hd 3/4, HE 
vK 39    hd r/standing r       , HE
vK 40    hd r/kneeling r       , HERAKLEIW[N] text reverted


433-330 BC

vK 53    hd r/kneeling r hd 3/4, HP
vK 54    hd r/kneeling r       , EP
vK 55    hd r/kneeling r       , [H]PA text reverted 
vK 56    hd r/kneeling r       , HRAKLEIWN
vK 57    hd r/kneeling r       , HRAKLEIWN text reverted
         1.20 g  Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Auction 170 2008 lot 1079. Estimate 150 EUR, realized 140 EUR
vK 58    hd r/kneeling l       , HPA
vK 59    hd r/kneeling l       , EY HPA

vK 60    hd r/kneeling r l knee up          , HP
vK 61    hd r/kneeling r l knee up          , HI
vK 62    hd r/kneeling r l knee up hd 3/4   , EP
         1.20 g  Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. (1998), 102nd buy or bid sale no. 114
vK 63    hd r/kneeling r l knee up          , HRAKLEIWN text reverted
         1.14 g  pc W 486, ex Vlasto 1306 < Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. (2000), 116th buy or bid sale no. 148
         hd r necklace
         1.20 g  Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger > Auction 256 2008 lot 12. Estimate 450 EUR, realized 500 EUR  
vK 64    hd r/kneeling r                    , HEPA r. arm lowered
vK 65    hd r/kneeling r                    , HPA club in r. lowered arm
vK 66    hd r/kneeling r l knee up          , EY HPA club in r. lowered arm
         1.11 g  Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction O 2004 lot 1089. Estimate CHF 300
vK 67    hd r/kneeling r l knee up          , HPA K  between legs club in r. lowered arm
vK 67var hd r/kneeling r l knee up          , HPA EY between legs club in r. lowered arm
         1.09 g  Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger > Auction 393 2007 lot 51. Estimate 200 EUR, realized: 210 EUR  

vk 65-67
         1.19 g  LHS Numismatik AG > Auction 102 2008 lot 30. Estimate 425 CHF, realized 900 CHF (872 USD)

vK 68    hd r/standing r       , HPA
vK 69    hd r/standing r       , HEPA A
vK 70    hd r/standing r       , HRAKLEIWN


          helmet decorated with Scylla
vK 71    hd r/standing r       , HERAKLHIWN 
vK 72    hd l/standing r       , HERAKLHIWN
vK 73    hd r/standing r       , HERAKL[.IWN]
vK 74    hd r/standing r       , HERAKLH[IWN] A
vK 75    hd l/standing r       , HERAKLHI[WN] A


          helmet not decorated
vK 76    hd r/standing wrestling with both arms

vK 76var hd r/kneeling r       , club in r. lowered arm
         1.12 g  Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 67 2001 lot 56. Estimate DM 150

vK 77    hd l/standing wrestling with both arms