Taras Historia Numorum Italy 976, Silver, struck at Taras, 325–280 BC. Obverse: head of athena wearing a decorated helmet. Reverse: heracles wrestling with a lion. Weight about 1.0 g, diameter 12.0 mm.
| mint | Taras | weight | 1.02g (29) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀12.0 (29) |
| denomination | — | axis | 6↕ (29) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
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Head of Athena wearing a decorated helmet
reverse
Heracles wrestling with a lion
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Cite this coin
Taras Historia Numorum Italy 976 (taras.hn_italy.976), 325–280 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/taras-historia-numorum-italy-976/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA