Tarentum Stater
Greek
Tarentum
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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