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Stater of Taras (Tarentum) with head of Demeter (?)
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
about 303–302 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 8.61 gm.
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.920
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0071.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Demeter (?) left, in stephane and veil; triple-pendant earring; dotted necklace.
Left and right, dolphin downward; below neck, dolphin left.
Inscription in Greek to left, upwards.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Victorious jockey, nude, on horse walking right, left foreleg raised; with raised right hand crowning horse; left hand on reins; being crowned by Nike flying right with wreath with long fillets; between forelegs of horse, eight-pointed star.
At right, dolphin downward.
Below horse: inscription in Greek below exergue: inscription in Greek
Ground line; round incuse.
Left and right, dolphin downward; below neck, dolphin left.
Inscription in Greek to left, upwards.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Victorious jockey, nude, on horse walking right, left foreleg raised; with raised right hand crowning horse; left hand on reins; being crowned by Nike flying right with wreath with long fillets; between forelegs of horse, eight-pointed star.
At right, dolphin downward.
Below horse: inscription in Greek below exergue: inscription in Greek
Ground line; round incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; March 24, 1903: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren