Coin

Stater

29-126-2

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-126-2
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Tarentum | Italy
Period Hellenistic Period
Date Made 334-302 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Horseman | Taras | Dolphin
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Obverse: Naked horseman galloping right; below SA.

Reverse: TARAS astride dolphin left in field; OS to r. below, dolphin

The boy Taras, son of Poseidon, rides on a dolphin. In mythology, Taras gives his name to the city as well as to a local river.

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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