Collector: Benjamin Ide Wheeler / Person depicted: Taras (Greek hero) / Function: 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collector Benjamin Ide Wheeler Person depicted Taras (Greek hero) Function 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5471, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.05 grams, 21 mm. 334-302 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: Naked horseman r. helmeted, armed; beneath, ΔAI. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding trident and shield with sea horse design; beneath, buccinum. Remarks: "(Period of Kleonymus).

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5470, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 281-272 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: ΙΩ, Naked horseman r. crowning horse walking; beneath, ΝΕΥΜΗ. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding Phyrgian helmet; in field, star of 12 rays; behind, ΓΟΑΥ; below, ΤΑΡΑΣ.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5469, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 281-272 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: horseman l. helmeted, armed, Reverse: [Τ]ΑΡΑΣ, Taras naked seated on a dolphin l. holding bunch of grapes and distaff.

Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar stater, accession number 8-5536, described as Coin; AR; Stater; Greek. 8.7 grams, 25 mm. 6th century BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: TAΡAΣ, Taras on dolphin r.; below, scallop shell. Reverse: Similar design incuse; border of radiating lines sunk below field.