GREECE. Brutium. Kroton. Triobol 400-325 BC. Attianese 166; HN Italy 2158. AG. 1.06 g. RR. VF. Privately purchased in 1978. The figure of Herakliskos Drakonopnigon was depicted in Greek art from the first half of the 5th century BC and represents an important event in the early life of the Greek hero. The birth of Herakles, son of Zeus and Alkmene, enraged Zeus' wife Hera, who tried to kill the infant by sending two slaves to strangle the sleeping baby in his crib. The following morning, the nurse discovered Herakles playing with the serpents' lifeless bodies: he had strangled one in each hand.