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Diobol
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 466 BC - 420 BC |
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| Reference(s) | HN Italy#1072, Vlasto#1680-1688 |
| Obverse description | Two juxtaposed horse heads facing right, rendered in high relief with careful attention to the musculature of the neck and mane; the foremost head displays a prominently arched neck with a detailed flowing mane. The design fills the flan in the characteristic style of Tarentine archaic coinage, with the horses presented in close proximity against a plain field. |
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| Reverse description | Two juxtaposed horse heads facing right, similar in composition to the obverse but distinguished by the presence of a trident symbol positioned below the horses, serving as a civic emblem of Tarentum referencing the city's maritime identity and its patron deity Poseidon. The heads are rendered with fine engraving detail in the archaic Greek style, the manes indicated by incised lines, the whole design set within a plain field on the irregular flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (466 BC - 420 BC) |
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