1.1965.297: Didrachm of Tarentum
Coins
This object does not yet have a description.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.297
- Title
- Didrachm of Tarentum
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 272 BCE-235 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria)
- Period
- Hellenistic period
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/196404
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 5.86 g
- Die Axis
- 9
- Denomination
- didrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: obverse: ñHRAK LHTOS
- inscription: reverse: TARAS
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Helbing, 8 Nov. 1928, 3301
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Vlasto 890 (var.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.297
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.
Descriptions
- Description
- Obv.: Horseman as warrior, helmeted, holding lance and round shield; Rev.: Dolphin rider, holding cornucopia and flower; to r., thymiaterion and mark
Verification Level
This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu