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Stater of Taras (Tarentum) with horse and rider, struck under Lykinos
Greek
Hellenistic Period
272–235 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 6.33 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.326
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0090.
DescriptionObverse: Young jockey, nude; on horse walking left; with right hand crowning horse with wreath; left hand on reins. Ground line.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below horse.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin; upper body in rear view; with drawn-back and raised right arm, hurling trident horizontally left; on outstretched left, chlamys.
At right, owl standing left, head facing (die break extending right from head of Taras).
Inscription in Greek below.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below horse.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin; upper body in rear view; with drawn-back and raised right arm, hurling trident horizontally left; on outstretched left, chlamys.
At right, owl standing left, head facing (die break extending right from head of Taras).
Inscription in Greek below.
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. 50); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren