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Stater of Taras (Tarentum) with horse and rider, struck under Philokles
Greek
Hellenistic Period
302–281 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.72 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.323
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0079.
DescriptionObverse: Horseman, nude, on horse prancing left; right hand on reins; in drawn-back left hand, round shield.
Inscriptions in Greek in upper right field and below.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin left; in outstretched right, wreath downward; left hand on dolphin.
Inscription in Greek below.
Round incuse.
Inscriptions in Greek in upper right field and below.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin left; in outstretched right, wreath downward; left hand on dolphin.
Inscription in Greek below.
Round incuse.
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. 46); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren