Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 116. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1035. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BRUTTIUM, Kroton. Circa 400-325 BC. AR Nomos (7.69 g, 11h). Head of Hera Lakinia facing slightly right, wearing stephane decorated with central palmette flanked by two griffins; B to right / Young Herakles, nude, holding cup and club, reclining left on lion skin draped over rock; bow below. Attianese 138; HN Italy 2169. VF, lightly toned, die break on obverse. Very rare with B.

Ex Künker 111 (18 March 2006), lot 6062; Gorny & Mosch 125 (13 October 2003), lot 42.