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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 vw 431, 102 euro

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