- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1.1965.185
- Title
- Didrachm of Tarentum
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 281 BCE-272 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria)
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/196992
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.52 g
- Die Axis
- 12
- Denomination
- didrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: obverse: GU
ARI STI - inscription: reverse: TARAS
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inscription: obverse: GU
- Provenance
- Robinson coll. Acq. Raymond, 1911
- State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
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- Standard Reference Number
- Vlasto 710
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.185
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Obv.: Horseman on horse prancing r., holding round shield and three lances; Rev.: Dolphin rider holding bow and arrow; elephant standing r.
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