Tarentum Stater

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Tarentum

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450 BCE

Silver

Diameter: 25.1 mm

Weight: 7.75 g

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the John M. McDonald 1940 Fund

993.35.29137

Geography

Place Made: Greece, Europe

Period

1000 BCE-1 CE

Object Name

Coin

Research Area

Numismatics: Greek and Roman

Not on view

Inscriptions

Obverse: Naked Taras seated on dolphin left, right arm extended, left arm holds Beoetian shield; scallop shell blow dolphin (worn) Reverse: Himated young man seated left on four-legged stool; right foot raised with no support; spindle in extended right hand; in left hand, an alabastron attached to a coiled cord; plain exergue

Provenance

Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; sold to present collection, 1993.

Catalogue Raisonne

Grose, Vol. I: pl. 22.5; Valsto no. 243

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