Stater of Tarentum | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.135
Title: Stater of Tarentum
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 450 BCE-440 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Tarentum-Taras (Calabria)
Period: Classical period, High
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/197388

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Metal

AR

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

7.8 g

Die Axis

12

Denomination

stater

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: obverse: TARANTINOS

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Robinson coll.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: FB 186h, Vlasto 193

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: 1.1965.135
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Dolphin-rider, l.; below, scallop shell; traces of inscription around r.; border of round dots between linear circles; Rev.: Taras, seated l. on stool, holding distaff and long staff; die fracture below l. hand of seated figure

Verification Level

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1.1965.135: Stater of Tarentum