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Stater of Taras (Tarentum) with horse and rider, struck under Hippoda[...]
Greek
Hellenistic Period
272–235 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 5.91 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.327
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0087.
DescriptionObverse: Warrior in close-fitting cuirass on horse galloping right; in raised right hand, whip; left on reins; bareheaded (die break on upper body).
Below, inscription in Greek off flan.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin, in outstretched right hand, kantharos; in raised and flexed left, distaff upward. At right: amphora and Greek inscription.
Below: Greek inscription.
Below, inscription in Greek off flan.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin, in outstretched right hand, kantharos; in raised and flexed left, distaff upward. At right: amphora and Greek inscription.
Below: Greek inscription.
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. 51); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren