Description: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum), 380 - 325 BC. AR Diobol. Head of Athena right wearing helmet decorated with Scylla / Heracles standing right, fighting lion.

Diameter: AR12 mm

Weight: 0,92 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: Valsto 1261 ff.

Commentary: grey patina, some scratches on reverse

History: The legend of Herakles fighting the Nemean Lion have a basis in fact that lions (the same type as the African lion) still inhabited Greek lands in historical antiquity.

Article Number: 005-06-08-41652