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Stater of Taras (Tarentum) with rider vaulting from horse
Greek
Classical Period
380–344 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.70 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.310
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0058.
DescriptionObverse: Horseman vaulting from horse prancing left; right leg bent under; right hand holding reins; in drawn-back left, round shield with spear; nude; bareheaded.
Inscription in Greek below.
Reverse: Taras on dolphin left, holding crested Corinthian helmet in right hand.
Below: Greek letter and curling crests of waves.
Inscription in Greek at right.
Inscription in Greek below.
Reverse: Taras on dolphin left, holding crested Corinthian helmet in right hand.
Below: Greek letter and curling crests of waves.
Inscription in Greek at right.
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. 29); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren