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Stater of Taras (Tarentum) with horse and rider, struck under Kallikrates
Greek
Hellenistic Period
235–228 B.C.
Mint: Calabria, Taras (Tarentum)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 6.03 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.331
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0092.
DescriptionObverse: Horseman in military costume on horse cantering right; upper body turned toward left, head facing; bearded; bareheaded; in short chiton; cuirass with shoulder pieces and boots; chlamys over left shoulder flying left below right arm.
At left, crescent, horns upward, above monogram.
Inscription in Greek below horse.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin left; hair rolled on forehead and at back and in knot at back; over extended right hand, Nike in flying pose with wreath in raised hands; in drawn-back left hand trident slanting upward.
Monogram above dolphin and inscription in Greek below.
At left, crescent, horns upward, above monogram.
Inscription in Greek below horse.
Reverse: Taras astride dolphin left; hair rolled on forehead and at back and in knot at back; over extended right hand, Nike in flying pose with wreath in raised hands; in drawn-back left hand trident slanting upward.
Monogram above dolphin and 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. 55); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren