Taras Historia Numorum Italy 977, Silver, struck at Taras, 325–280 BC. Obverse: head of heracles facing wearing a lion's skin. Reverse: heracles wrestling with a lion. Weight about 1.1 g, diameter 12.0 mm.
| mint | Taras | weight | 1.09g (2) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀12.0 (2) |
| denomination | — | axis | 5↕ (2) |
| material | Silver | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Head of Heracles facing wearing a lion's skin
reverse
Heracles wrestling with a lion
Cite this coin
Taras Historia Numorum Italy 977 (taras.hn_italy.977), 325–280 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/taras-historia-numorum-italy-977/ (accessed: 2026-11-04). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA