The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3296 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) The Tom May Collection - Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $120
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $420
ITALY, Calabria, Tarentum (Taras), (4th-3rd century B.C.), silver diobol, (1.24 gm), obv. head of Athena to right wearing crested Corinthian helmet, ornamented with Skylla, rev. Herakles standing to right strangling a lion, behind him a club above TAP[..], between legs **D*, (S.351, Vlasto 1289, SNG ANS 1385). Well centred, extremely fine and very rare as such.
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