Taras Historia Numorum Italy 1065, Silver, struck at Taras, 280–228 BC. Obverse: head of athena wearing a helmet. Reverse: heracles wrestling with a lion, animal's tail in hand and wielding a club. Weight about 0.8 g, diameter 11.5 mm.
| mint | Taras | weight | 0.77g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀11.5 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 1↕ (1) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Athena wearing a helmet
reverse
Heracles wrestling with a lion, animal's tail in hand and wielding a club
specimens (4)
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Cite this coin
Taras Historia Numorum Italy 1065 (taras.hn_italy.1065), 280–228 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/taras-historia-numorum-italy-1065/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA