1.1965.142: Didrachm of Tarentum
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.142
- Title
- Didrachm of Tarentum
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 390 BCE-380 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria)
- Period
- Classical period, Late
- Culture
- Greek
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/197237
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Silver
- Metal
- AR
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 7.81 g
- Die Axis
- 9
- Denomination
- didrachm
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- inscription: reverse: TARAS
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- FB 425b, Vlasto 382
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
- Object Number
- 1.1965.142
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Obv.: Horseman, l., cantering and holding small round shield behind; Rev.: Dolphin-rider, l., sitting sideways w/ legs crossed, hands resting on dolphin
Verification Level
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