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Nommos of Taras (Tarentum) with Taras on dolphin
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 510 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 8.12 gm. Die Axis: 9
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1973.509
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Taras on dolphin right, octopus with waving tentacles in his right hand.
Greek inscription below.
Cable border.
Reverse: Hippocamp left, scallop shell below.
Above: inscription in Greek.
Border of radiating lines.
Greek inscription below.
Cable border.
Reverse: Hippocamp left, scallop shell below.
Above: inscription in Greek.
Border of radiating lines.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Swiss Private Collection; by 1973: with Münzen und Medaillen A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen A.G., October 10, 1973.