LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.37 g, 1h). Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 133
Lot: 26. Estimated: $ 1 000

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Sold For $ 2 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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LUCANIA, Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.37 g, 1h). Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet decorated with griffin with straight wings right / Herakles, nude, standing facing, torso right, wrestling the Nemean Lion to right; [retrograde EP] and shell to left. Cf. Work 29 (Skylla on helmet); cf. Van Keuren 47 (same); cf. HN Italy 1376. Deeply toned, edge mark. Good VF. Unique.

From Collection JLT. Ex Goldberg 42 (24 September 2007), lot 13; Classical Numismatic Group 72 (14 June 2006), lot 82; A.D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica O, 13 May 2004), lot 1090.

A griffin adorns Athena’s helmet on a variety of issues from the earlier series at Herakleia (cf. HN Italy 1366-1368), but is unknown on the later full-weight nomoi. This unpublished coin is not a hybrid struck with an earlier obverse die, as the earlier forms of the griffin have a distinctly curling wing, unlike here where the wing is straight. This straight-winged griffin appears regularly on the reduced-weight nomoi struck in the early-mid 3rd century BC.

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 133 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 15-16 September 2026.

CNG Feature Auction 133 – Session One – Lot 1-308 will be held Tuesday morning, 15 September 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

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