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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2008.115.7
Title
Didrachm of Tarentum
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
272 BCE-240 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191418

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
6.31 g
Die Axis
3
Denomination
didrachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
HN3, 1025

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year
2008
Object Number
2008.115.7
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: horseman crowning horse; above, SY; below, LYKINOS.
Reverse: TARAS; Taras, brandishing tirdent, riding dolphin; to r., owl.

Verification Level

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