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Diobol of Taras (Tarentum) with head of Athena
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
334–302 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 1.10 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.334
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0069.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Athena right, in crested Athenian helmet, on bowl olive wreath; long hair tied near end; necklace.
Reverse: Herakles kneeling right on right knee, strangling lion; head pressed against lion; left arm around lion's neck; right arm drawn back, holding club downward; nude; beardless.
Round incuse.
Reverse: Herakles kneeling right on right knee, strangling lion; head pressed against lion; left arm around lion's neck; right arm drawn back, holding club downward; nude; beardless.
Round incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 58); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren