Harvard Art Museums > 2016.22: Stater of Tarentum (Calabria) Coins Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Stater of Tarentum (Calabria) , 2016.22,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/355626. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2016.22 Title Stater of Tarentum (Calabria) Classification Coins Work Type coin Date c. 320 BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria) Period Classical period, Late Culture Greek Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/355626 Physical Descriptions Medium Gold Metal AV Technique Struck Dimensions weight: 8.54 g Die Axis 5 Denomination stater Inscriptions and Marks Obverse Inscription: Τ[ΑΡΑΣ] Reverse Inscription: [ΤΑΡΑΝΤΙΝΩ]Ν Provenance Recorded Ownership History Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 197th Buy or Bid Sale, lot 2; Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Triton XIX, 3-4, January 6. 2016, lot 2004, From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Harlan Berk, April 2002. Ex Athos D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 89; M. P. Vlasto Collection, no. 1; Robert Jameson Collection, 137; G. Nervegna Collection (Sambon-Canessa, 18 November 1907), lot 241. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number F.-B., G 5j (this coin) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, J.P. Engelcke Coin Purchase Fund Accession Year 2016 Object Number 2016.22 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Obverse: Head of Persephone right, wearing a stephane and a veil on the back of her head, earrings and a pearl necklace. To r. letter E, a small dolphin under her chins and rests of the legend in field r. downwards. Reverse: Poseidon seated on a diphros (stool), wearing a himation around his lower body, holding a trident in his left hand, the right hand on his knee. He is leaning forward towards a small boy, his son Taras, naked, who is standing in front of him and raising his hands up to him in a gesture of supplication. Letter K under stool and around the border r. upwards. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
