Greek Italy, Tarentum (Calabria) AR Diobol, circa 325–280 BC featuring stylized anthropomorphic and zoomorphic

featuring stylized anthropomorphic and zoomorphic imagery characteristic of the Chavín religious tradition

private collection

An evocative and historically rich example of South Italian Greek coinage

assembled prior to 2000

Jalisco Culture

Greek Italy, Tarentum (Calabria) AR Diobol, circa 325–280 BC featuring stylized anthropomorphic and zoomorphicGreek Italy, Tarentum (Calabria) AR Diobol, circa 325280 BC Weight: 1. 0 g Reference: Vlasto 1238 HN Italy 914 This silver diobol was struck in the important Greek city of Tarentum (modern Taranto, southern Italy) during the late Classical to early Hellenistic period, a time when the city flourished as one of Magna Graecias wealthiest and most artistically sophisticated mints. The obverse features the head of Athena facing left, wearing a crested