Greek Italy, Tarentum (Calabria) AR Diobol, circa 325–280 BC making it a highly desirable

making it a highly desirable and academically referenced piece within the corpus of Ecuadorian coastal art

and dark linear designs

An evocative and historically rich example of South Italian Greek coinage

Estimated Date: Late Roman to early Byzantine period

assembled prior to 2000

Greek Italy, Tarentum (Calabria) AR Diobol, circa 325–280 BC making it a highly desirableGreek 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