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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3076271, member: 56859&quot;]Hi Patrick,</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sorry for your loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on those images it&#039;s hard to say if it is authentic or if it is a jeweler&#039;s copy of an ancient coin.&nbsp; That&#039;s Athena (wearing the helmet) on the obverse.&nbsp; The reverse is a little difficult to see in that picture but I think it depicts the first labor of Herakles:&nbsp; wrestling the Nemean lion.&nbsp; What is the approximate diameter of the coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=351521" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=351521" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=351521</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=351521#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=351521#" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/4120007.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><b>412, Lot: 7.</b> Estimate $150.</p><p>Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum. </b>Circa 325-280 BC. AR Diobol (11.5mm, 1.20 g, 9h). Helmeted head of Athena right, with wreath on the bowl / Herakles, holding club, strangling the Nemean Lion. Vlasto 1339–43; HN Italy 976. VF, toned, porous. Well centered.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex MM Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 397, 17 May 2017), lot 7; Gorny &amp; Mosch 224 (13 October 2014), lot 24.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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