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Stater of Taras (Tarentum) with horse and rider
Greek
Classical Period
380–344 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 7.90 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.311
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0059.
DescriptionObverse: Young jockey on horse standing right.; raised right hand crowning horse with wreath; left hand holding reins; nude; hair blown by wind; ground line.
Inscription in Greek between horse's legs.
Plain border.
Reverse: Taras, nude; astride dolphin left, right leg in usual position; right hand outstretched, left hand on dolphin; hair blown by wind.
Inscription in Greek (partially retrograde) in right field.
Plain border.
Inscription in Greek between horse's legs.
Plain border.
Reverse: Taras, nude; astride dolphin left, right leg in usual position; right hand outstretched, left hand on dolphin; hair blown by wind.
Inscription in Greek (partially retrograde) in right field.
Plain border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 31); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren