Calabria, Tarentum AR Diobol. Circa 325-280 BC. Head of Herakles facing slightly to left, wearing lion skin headdress; club to left / Herakles standing to right, wrestling the Nemean Lion; club to left, Φ between legs of Herakles. Vlasto 1348 (same dies); HN Italy 977; SNG ANS -; SNG BnF 2112 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 476; HGC 1, 835. 0.97g, 13mm, 2h.
Near Mint State; attractive old cabinet tone.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 72, 16 May 2013, lot 827.
Price realized | 1'100 GBP |
Starting price | 300 GBP |
Estimate | 500 GBP |