stater of Herakleion, 420/415-390 BC

Obv. hd Atheana wearing Attic helmet decorated with Scylla. Hair bound by a fillet in a knot
Rev. Heracles standing r wresling lion

Van Keuren 11            7.74 g         Baldwin's Auctions Ltd 
                                        Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals 
                                        M&M Numismatics Ltd > The New York Sale VII 2004 lot 5
                                        Estimate 4,000 USD, realized 5,500 USD

type vK008-11,18,19

THE FREDERICK M. BAYER COLLECTION OF ANCIENT GREEK COINS 

d=24 mm
Nomos, about 415-400. AR 7.74 g. Head of Athena r., wearing crested Attic helmet, her long hair falling down in a 
plait; on the helmet Scylla r., covering her eyes with her l. hand; below truncation, PO Rev. HRAKLEWN Youthful, 
nude Heracles standing r., strangling the Nemean lion; in field l., pecten and club. E. Work, The Earlier Staters 
of Heraclea Lucaniae, ANS NNM 91 (1940), 19, 6. SNG ANS 49 (these dies). F. van Keuren, The coinage of Heraclea 
Lucaniae (1994), 56, 11 (these dies). Very rare. Excellent classical style.

Extremely fine
Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt and Dr. P. M. Suter collections; and ex Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel 41 (1970), 5 and 89 
(2000), 7 and Sotheby’s, New York June 21-22. 1990, 187 sales.