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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: 7.83 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.318
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0075.
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 horse's body.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin left; right leg thrust forward; right arm extended, holding a kantharos; left hand on dolphin's back holding trident slanting upward.
Below, dolphin.
Inscription in Greek at right, above dolphin's tail.
Short ground line under hindlegs of horse.
Inscription in Greek below horse's body.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin left; right leg thrust forward; right arm extended, holding a kantharos; left hand on dolphin's back holding trident slanting upward.
Below, dolphin.
Inscription in Greek at right, above dolphin's tail.
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. 41); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren