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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 vw 486, 82 euro

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