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| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 425 BC - 380 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | The eponymous hero Taras depicted nude, seated right astride a dolphin swimming right, brandishing a trident in his raised right hand. The retrograde ethnic legend TAPAΣ appears in the left field. The figure is rendered in the vigorous Early Classical style characteristic of Tarentine coinage of this period, with bold and naturalistic musculature. |
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| Obverse script | Greek (retrograde) |
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| Reverse description | A naked youth, identifiable as an ephebic horseman, seated on a horse standing left with the near foreleg raised; the youth extends his right hand to crown the horse while holding a round shield in his left arm. The composition reflects the Tarentine celebration of equestrian prowess and the aristocratic games, rendered in finely modeled relief typical of the late fifth century BC Magna Graecia tradition. |
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