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Nomos
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 332 BC - 302 BC |
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| Value | Nomos (2) |
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| Obverse description | Nude ephebic warrior mounted on a rearing horse advancing to the right; the rider holds a round shield and two lances in his raised left hand while thrusting a spear downward with his extended right hand. The composition reflects the Tarentine equestrian tradition closely associated with the city's aristocratic cavalry. The magistrate's control mark ΣΑ appears in the field. |
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| Reverse description | Taras, the mythological founder of the city, depicted astride a dolphin leaping to the left; he holds a cantharus in his outstretched right hand and cradles a trident horizontally in his left arm. A second dolphin appears in the lower field beneath the primary motif. The ethnic legend TAPAΣ is inscribed, with the magistrate's letters Ω and Σ disposed in the field, rendered in archaic Greek characters consistent with the late fourth-century Tarentine style. |
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| Mintage | ND (332 BC - 302 BC) |
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