CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 380-325 BC. Diobol (Silver, 12 mm, 1.00 g, 12 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet adorned with a hippocamp with curved wings on the bowl. Rev. Herakles kneeling right, wrestling the Nemean lion. A. D’Andrea, M. Miglioli, G. Tafuri and E. Vonghia: The Diobols of Tarentum. Roseto 2022, 93. HN Italy 911. Vlasto 1291. Attractive iridescent toning on the reverse. Struck slightly off center and with edge crack, otherwise, very fine.

From a Canadian collection, privately acquired before 2005.