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Stater of Taras (Tarentum) with the Dioskouroi on horses, struck under Sodamos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
281–272 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 6.51 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.325
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0084.
DescriptionObverse: Dioskouroi on horses prancing left; near rider's chlamys flying in wind; in his drawn-back left hand, bakkos (?).
Inscription in Greek below and monogram above.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin left; right leg shown beyond dolphin's head; on outstretched right, Nike flying right with wreath in raised hands; in his drawn-back left, round shield on which winged seahorse left, and two spears slanting upwards.
Inscriptions in Greek above right and in the field at left.
Below, crests of waves.
Inscription in Greek below and monogram above.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin left; right leg shown beyond dolphin's head; on outstretched right, Nike flying right with wreath in raised hands; in his drawn-back left, round shield on which winged seahorse left, and two spears slanting upwards.
Inscriptions in Greek above right and in the field at left.
Below, crests of waves.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Northwick Collection; 1859: auction of Northwick Collection, Cat. Sotheby, Northwick, no. 143 (according to Brett Catalogue, no. 84); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 49); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren