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Stater of Taras (Tarentum) with horse and rider
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
334–302 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.23 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.320
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0077.
DescriptionObverse: Horseman, nude, cantering right; thrusting spear downward with raised right arm; left hand holding reins, shield and two couched spears.
Short ground line under hindlegs of horse.
Inscription in Greek below.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin right, left leg raised, foot resting on dolphin's head; in drawn-back right hand, arrow; in outstretched left, bow, and two arrows (off flan).
Inscriptions in Greek in left field and below.
Round incuse.
Short ground line under hindlegs of horse.
Inscription in Greek below.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin right, left leg raised, foot resting on dolphin's head; in drawn-back right hand, arrow; in outstretched left, bow, and two arrows (off flan).
Inscriptions in Greek in left field and below.
Round incuse.
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. 43); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren