Taras 325-280 BC AR diobol 1.05 g 1.05 cm 1.14 cm
obverse: hd Athena r wearing Attic helmet, decorated with wreath reverse: Herakles kneeling r wrestling lion. Right arm and club down. Rutter HNI 976, Vlasto 1339-1345 Munthandel G. Henzen list February/March 1997 9
helmet decoration:
sea-horse, R 1232-62, 1281, 1283, 1285, 1289-1310, 1313, 1316, 1381-83, 1386, 1397-1403
1st specimen
2nd specimen
3rd specimen
Skylla, R 1280, 1288, 1311-12, 1314-15, 1317-25, 1327-36, 1371, 1384-85, 1388, 1391, 1406-1412
1st specimen
2nd specimen
3rd specimen
wreath, R 1337-1347
1st specimen
wreath and wing, R 1282, 1284, 1364-1370
elaborate scroll, R 1286-87
uncertain, R 1263-1279, 1326
Triton? trident, R 1360-1361
wing, R 1362-1363
3 rosettes, R 1372-1374
1 rosette, R 1375
3 circles, R 1376-80
plain helmet, R 1404-1405
HNI 976
table illustrates some of the varieties of this large series.
combination
hd r helmet wreathed / club lowered
not mentioned
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