106, Lot: 31. Estimate $75. Sold for $218. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Messana. Circa 278-275 BC. Æ Litra (18mm, 4.50 gm). Head of Herakles left, wearing lion's skin headdress / Lion walking right, left paw raised; club above, torch in exergue. Caltabiano 919 (D20/R23); Calciati I pg. 55, 23; SNG ANS 396ff. Good VF, light green patina, irregular flan, small lamination before Herakles' nose.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.