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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.115.1
Title
Didrachm of Tarentum
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
272 - 235 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/20299

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
5.82 g
Die Axis
6
Denomination
didrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Obverse Inscription: E /DAMO K [PITOS]
  • Reverse Inscription: TAPAS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Collection of Margarete Bieber

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Evans VIII L 3; Vlasto 915

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Celia and Walter Gilbert, Claude-Claire Grenier, and the Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.115.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Naked jockey crowning horse standing to r., a small Nike flying to crown him from behind.
Rev.: Taras riding dolphin to r., holding cornucopiae and trident.

Verification Level

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