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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3808699, member: 87809&quot;]Athena / Herakles diobols were minted in Herakleia and Tarentum and they are difficult to attribute.</p><p>Specimens of Tarentum are flat and thin so they often seem slightly concave, with the imprint of Athena&#039;s head on the convex face; those of Herakleia on the other hand are thicker, almost of lenticular form, and this not only for diobols with the group of Heracles, but also for the other earliest coinage. The difference, of course, is very slight and can be felt especially in hand. Another difference is the different alloy of silver, but at least for me it is impossible to determine.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Tarentum ca. 380 - 334 BC:</p><p>AR Diobol, 10 x 11 mm, 1.04 g</p><p>Ref.: Vlasto 1263 or Vlasto 1290, not sure which is the right one</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Athena in crested helmet decorated with Hippocampus</p><p>Rev.: Herakles to r. strangling Nemean Lion; club at his right leg</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1015962[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1015963[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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