1.1965.129: Stater of Tarentum
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.129
- Title
- Stater of Tarentum
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 470 BCE-460 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria)
- Period
- Classical period, Early
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/197234
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.97 g
- Denomination
- stater
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: obverse: TAR
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Acq. Spink, 1953
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- FB 79h, Vlasto 89
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
- 1.1965.129
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obv.: Dolphin-rider, l.; below, scallop shell; circular border of dots; inscription to upper r.; Rev.: Wheel of four thin spokes, hub large
Verification Level
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