TYPE Ancient Greece, Taras (Tarentum), Calabria (380-344 BC), silver diobol, 1.16g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Head of Athena to right in crested helmet Rev: Herakles kneeling to right, trying to strangle lion in the grasp of his left arm, club below REFERENCE: SG 351v, Vla 1340 GRADING: F / F+, toned ORDER INFO: G2013, $100 Nice style and toning in a classical scene of Herakles' combat with the Nemean lion during the memorable first of his Twelve Labors. The series of reverses on Tarentine diobols on this theme views almost like a frame sequence of unfolding battle, each with a different angle and dynamic, and almost always in great artistic style, despite the limited die space.