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Stater of Taras with Taras (or Phalanthos) riding a dolphin
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 480–470 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 17 mm. Weight: 7.88 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.300
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0047.
DescriptionObverse: Taras astride dolphin right, drawn-back right hand on dolphin's back, left hand raised with palm outwards; nude; upper body facing.
Scallop shell below.
Inscription in Greek retrograde.
Raised border of dots between plain borders.
Reverse: Wheel with four spokes.
Scallop shell below.
Inscription in Greek retrograde.
Raised border of dots between plain borders.
Reverse: Wheel with four spokes.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 17); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren