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| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 302 BC - 280 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Nude youth (jockey) seated on horseback, the horse standing to right; the rider extends his right arm forward, offering a wreath to crown the horse's head. The composition is rendered in vigorous Tarentine style, with fine musculature on the figure. Magistrate's name partially inscribed in the field. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Phalanthos, the legendary Spartan founder of Tarentum, depicted nude and seated astride a dolphin leaping to the left, holding a kantharos (wine cup) in his outstretched right hand. The city ethnic TAPAΣ appears in the upper field, and the magistrate's abbreviated name IOP is inscribed in the lower exergual area. The design is executed in the fine engraving tradition characteristic of late fourth-century Tarentine coinage. |
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