Coin: ar didrachm
- Museum number:
- 8-5470
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080005470
- Accession number:
- Acc.895
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- 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.
- Donor:
- University of California Library
- Collection place:
- Calabria, Southern Italy
- Production place:
- Tarentum (ancient Taranto), Apulia, Southern Italy
- Culture or time period:
- Roman Conquest of Italy (396–242 BC)
- Collector:
- Benjamin Ide Wheeler
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Silver (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Taras (Greek hero)
- Inscription:
- Reverse legend: GOLY TARAS
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money) and Didrachms
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 281-272 BC
- Accession date:
- 1946
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- weight 6.49 grams and linear 23 millimeters
- Images:
-
- Legacy documentation:
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