Greek Italy, Tarentum (Calabria) AR Diobol, circa 325–280 BC Collection of Walter J

Collection of Walter J

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

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

and dark linear designs

Estimated Date: Late Roman to early Byzantine period

Greek Italy, Tarentum (Calabria) AR Diobol, circa 325–280 BC Collection of Walter JGreek 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