Lucania. Herakleia. Circa 390-340 BC. Stater (Silver, 24.00 mm, 7.00 g). Helmeted head of Athena right, helmet decorated with Skylla hurling stone; before, Δ [K Φ]. Rev. ΚΑΛ (master’s mark) - -ΗΡΑΚΛΗΙΩΝ, Herakles standing facing, head and torso turned right, strangling the Nemean lion; on the left, club; between Herakles' legs, owl standing right. Van Keuren 50. Work 38 (same obv. die). SNG ANS 63 (same obv. die). SNG Lloyd 272 (same obv. die). HN Italy 1377. McClean 824 (same obv. die). HGC 1, 977. Toned. Obverse slightly off-center, but reverse extremely detailed and of refined classical style. Extremely Fine. From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005. This striking Stater was minted in Herakleia during the city’s peak period of prosperity. The imagery on the coin vividly reflects the diverse origins of Herakleia's population, particularly those from Thurii and Tarentum. The obverse features the head of Athena adorned with an Attic helmet, which includes a remarkable depiction of Skylla. This design is directly inspired by the contemporary coinage of Thurii and serves as a reminder of the Athenian origins of the Thurians. On the reverse, Herakles is shown grappling with the Nemean Lion, a motif that references both the Dorian heritage of the Tarentine settlers and the city’s name. Herakles was widely regarded as the mythical ancestor of the Dorian Greeks, especially the Spartans, who originally founded Taras.