Coin: æ
- Museum number:
- 8-4822
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080004822
- Accession number:
- Acc.184
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Coin; AE; Greek.2.73 grams, 15 mm. 300-228 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: cockle-shell. Reverse: TAPAN, Taras seated on dolphin l. naked, holding kantharos and cornucopiae.
- Donor:
- Alfred Emerson
- Collection place:
- Calabria, Southern Italy
- Culture or time period:
- Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC) and Roman Conquest of Italy (396–242 BC)
- Collector:
- Alfred Emerson
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Bronze (metal)
- Person depicted:
- Taras (Greek hero)
- Inscription:
- Reverse legend: TARAN
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money)
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 300-228 BC
- Accession date:
- 1905
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- weight 2.73 grams and linear 15 millimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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