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Ex Vlasto Collection

Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 74. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. 
Sold For $285. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 280-228 BC. AR Diobol (0.95 g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly left / Herakles strangling the Nemean Lion; club to left, branch between Herakles’ legs. Vlasto 1466 (this coin); HN Italy -. Good VF, toned. Very rare.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVIII.4 (August 2000), no. 2890; M.P. Vlasto Collection, 1466.