Velia, Lucania. 425-200 BC. AE 16mm; 4.4g. 

Obv.: Head of Herakles left, wearing lionskin.
Rev.: Owl standing half right with wings spread.

Unpublished? cf Mangieri 186 var; Sallusto 1104 var.

Note from the seller: This coin is possibly unpublished. I am not
certain whether the head on the obverse represents Herakles. If it
does, then it is possibly an unpublished var, as literature I have
consulted describes the head as facing right. If it is not Herakles,
then the coin type is poss. unpublished.
Even though this Herakles/owl type was struck in several towns
of Lucania, this particular type is not to be found.

Contributed by "moneta-hermes", August 2010.