★ Rare Type ★

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 325-280 BC. Diobol (Silver, 12.5 mm, 1.18 g, 5 h). Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet the bowl of which is decorated with an olive wreath; below, E. Rev. Herakles kneeling to right, lifting and strangling the Nemean lion grasped in a choke hold; above, Γ or Π. D'Andrea, Miglioli, Tafuri, Vonghia, Diobols, Type 108 corr. ( due to the narrow flan of the single specimen known to the authors, they were unaware of letter above lion ). Cf. HN III 976 ( this variety not listed, but certainly falls within this grouping ). Vlasto 1337. Toned. Good very fine.