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Stater of Taras (Tarentum) with horse and rider, struck under Ariston
Greek
Hellenistic Period
272–235 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 6.47 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.330
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0088.
DescriptionObverse: Horseman on horse walking left, right foreleg raised; right arm behind horse's head; in drawn-back left arm, shield seen in side-view; nude; in crested Athenian helmet.
Inscription in Greek below horse.
Ground line.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin; on extended right hand, seahorse right; in drawn-back left hand, trident slanting upward.
Inscriptions in Greek in right field and below dolphin.
Inscription in Greek below horse.
Ground line.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin; on extended right hand, seahorse right; in drawn-back left hand, trident slanting upward.
Inscriptions in Greek in right field and below dolphin.
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. 54); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren