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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Italy| > GI83015
Taras, Calabria, Italy, c. 380 - 325 B.C.
|Italy|, |Taras,| |Calabria,| |Italy,| |c.| |380| |-| |325| |B.C.|, The first of Herakles' twelve labors, set by his cousin King Eurystheus, was to slay the Nemean lion and bring back its skin. It could not be killed with mortal weapons because its golden fur was impervious to attack. Its claws were sharper than swords and could cut through any armor. Herakles stunned the beast with his club and, using his immense strength, strangled it to death. During the fight, the lion bit off one of his fingers. After slaying the lion, he tried to skin it with a knife but failed. Wise Athena, noticing the hero's plight, told him to use one of the lion's own claws to skin the pelt.

This type was struck with dozens of different pose variations on the reverse. In some scenes, it even appears Herakles might lose. There are so many variations that it might be possible to take photographs of the reverses and arrange them in a flip book to animate the fight.
GI83015. Silver diobol, HN Italy 911, gVF, Taras (Taranto, Italy) mint, weight 1.170g, maximum diameter 12.1mm, die axis 225o, c. 380 - 325 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right in crested helmet decorated with Skylla; reverse Herakles naked kneeling right, fighting the Nemean Lion; SOLD











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