BRUTTIUM. Vibo Valentia (Hipponium). Circa 192-89 BC. Æ Quadrans (4.15 gm). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress; three pellets behind / VALENTIA, two clubs; crescent and three pellets right. M. Taleriercio Mensitieri, "La monetazione di Valentia," in Centro Internazionalle di Numismatica 3, 1989, 33-35; SNG ANS 489ff var. (symbol); BMC Italy pg. 362, 27 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen 1852 var. (same); SNG Morcom 419 var. (same); Laffaille -. EF, attractive dark green patina. ($400) Ex Frank Sternberg Auktion XI (20-21 November 1981), lot 40. Triton V Sale, 15 Jan 2002, lot 85. Lot sold for USD 410. Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com