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Nomos
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 480 BC - 470 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Mint | Tarentum (Taras), Magna Graecia |
| Mintage | ND (480 BC - 470 BC) |
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Tarentum's early nomoi occupy a peculiar place in Greek colonial coinage: the city was the only Spartan colony in Magna Graecia, founded according to tradition by the Partheniai — a disputed class of illegitimate or disenfranchised Spartan-born men — around 706 BC. That origin shaped Tarentine identity for centuries. The incuse fabric of this piece, shared with neighboring Italic mints of the period, reflects the broader south Italian convention thought by some scholars to derive from Pythagorean philosophical influence on local mint authorities, though that connection remains contested.