★ Rare and darkly toned ★

APULIA. Teate. Circa 325-275 BC. Diobol (Silver, 11 mm, 0.76 g, 11 h). Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a griffin on the bowl. Rev. [TIA]TI Youthful Herakles, nude, standing left, wrestling the Nemean lion; to right, club. HGC1, 650. HN Italy 697. Vlasto 1417-9 (misattributed to Tarentum). Rare. Darkly toned. Slightly rough and with minor marks, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of Judge Hans-Joachim Specht (1935-2024), started in 1963.