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| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 315 BC |
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| Weight | 7.93 g |
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| Obverse description | Nude youth riding a horse galloping to the right, leaning forward and raising his right arm; the horse is depicted in dynamic motion with all four legs airborne. The magistrate's monogram ΣΑ appears in the left field. The style reflects the accomplished die-cutting of the Tarentine school of the early Hellenistic period. |
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| Reverse description | Taras, the eponymous founder of the city, depicted nude and seated astride a dolphin leaping to the left, holding a palm branch in his right hand and a kantharos or small object in his left; a helmet appears to the right in the field. The magistrate's ethnic and symbol are rendered in the exergue and field: ΤΑΡΑΣ in the exergue and ΣΥΜ in the lower field. The composition exemplifies the characteristic Tarentine reverse type combining civic mythology with fine Hellenistic craftsmanship. |
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| Mint | Tarentum |
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