1.1965.205: Didrachm of Tarentum
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.205
- 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/197241
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 6.39 g
- Die Axis
- 2
- Denomination
- didrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
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inscription: obverse: GU
ARI STI G -
inscription: reverse: TARAS
DI
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inscription: obverse: GU
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Robinson coll. Acq. Raymond, 1921
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Vlasto 734
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
- 1.1965.205
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obv.: Horseman as ephebus, l., w/ attendant crowning horse; Rev.: Dolphin rider, r., holding bow and arrow; below, elephant
Verification Level
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