Taras Historia Numorum Italy 1068, Silver, struck at Taras, 280–228 BC. Obverse: head of athena wearing an attic helmet decorated with scylla. Reverse: infant heracles with snakes. Weight about 0.9 g, diameter 12.4 mm.
| mint | Taras | weight | 0.87g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀12.4 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 4↕ (1) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Athena wearing an Attic helmet decorated with Scylla
reverse
Infant Heracles with snakes
Cite this coin
Taras Historia Numorum Italy 1068 (taras.hn_italy.1068), 280–228 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/taras-historia-numorum-italy-1068/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA