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Nomos
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 450 BC - 440 BC |
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| Value | Nomos (2) |
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| Obverse description | Nude youth seated sideways on a dolphin leaping to the left, his right arm extended forward and left arm braced behind him; a retrograde Π (digamma) appears to the right in the field. Below the dolphin, an octopus is depicted in the lower field as a subsidiary symbol. The scene is framed by a border of raised dots. The composition reflects the early Classical style of Tarentine coinage, referencing the city's founding myth of Taras, son of Poseidon, riding a dolphin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Π (retrograde) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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