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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.133
Title
Stater of Tarentum
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
450 BCE-420 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/197596

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7 g
Die Axis
9
Denomination
stater
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: obverse: TARAS
  • inscription: reverse: TARAS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Glendining, 3 Dec. 1929 (Nordheim), 681

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
FB N'23a, Vlasto 188, NNM 14R

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
1.1965.133
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Dolphin-rider, r.; below, scallop shell; inscription, down l., retrograde; Rev.: Taras, seated l. on stool, holding distaff and long staff; plain exergue line; inscription, down upper r.

Verification Level

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