Stater of Herakleion, c 390-340 BC

Obv. hd Athena wearing Attic helmet decorated with Scylla
Rev. Herakles standing r strangling lion with both arms


van Keuren 50      7.99 g      Numismatica Ars Classica 33 2006 lot 22
                               Estimate CHF 10000



type vK042-052


d=24 mm
Nomos circa 390-340, AR 7.99 g. 
Head of Athena r., wearing Attic helmet decorated with Scylla hurling stone; in field r., D - K - F. 
Rev. I- HRAKLHIWN Heracles standing l., strangling the Nemean lion; between Heracles’ legs, owl; at l., club. In upper field l., KAL. 
SNG ANS 62 (this obverse die). Jameson 233 (this reverse die). Historia Numorum Italy 1377 (these dies). Gulbenkian 54 (these dies). 
H. Cahn, Travaux Le Rider, Artiste ou Magistrat ?, pl. 10, 6 (these dies). Work 33.
A superb example of classical craftsmanship with a superbly detailed reverse composition.
Minor areas of weakness, otherwise virtually as struck
Ex Leu 25, 1980, 33 and Sotheby’s 19-20.6.1991, Hunt part IV, 22 sales (illustrated on the cover page).