Taras Historia Numorum Italy 1015-19, Silver, struck at Taras, 280–272 BC. Obverse: head of athena wearing a helmet decorated with scylla brandishing a stone. Reverse: owl chouette. Weight about 3.0 g, diameter 16.0 mm.
| mint | Taras | weight | 3.02g (9) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀16.0 (9) |
| denomination | — | axis | 6↕ (9) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
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Head of Athena wearing a helmet decorated with Scylla brandishing a stone
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Cite this coin
Taras Historia Numorum Italy 1015-19 (taras.hn_italy.1015-1019), 280–272 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/taras-historia-numorum-italy-1015-19/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA