

Greek Italy. Southern Apulia, Tarentum. AR Diobol, c. 325-280 BC. Obv. Head of Athena right, wearing Attic crested helmet, decorated with Skylla hurling a stone. Rev. Herakles kneeling right, strangling the Nemean lion; on left, club; above, grasshopper. HN Italy 976; Vlasto 1327. 1.00 g. 12.00 mm. Scarce. From masterly engraved dies, sharply struck on irregularly hexagonal flan. Uncleaned dark deposits on reverse, otherwise. about EF.