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Nomos - Aristippos
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 240 BC - 228 BC |
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| Weight | 6.52 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Taras, the mythological founder of the city, seated nude to the left astride a dolphin, holding a small Nike figure in his extended right hand and a kantharos in his left. In the upper right field, a monogram and a small owl are visible as secondary symbols. The ethnic legend ΤΑΡΑΣ appears in the lower field to the right, written in Greek. The finely modelled figure reflects the accomplished die-cutting tradition of the Tarentine mint. |
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Tarentum's nomos coinage of the late third century BC reflects the city's precarious position following the Roman victory in the Pyrrhic War — formally subordinated by treaty in 272 BC, yet still issuing prestigious silver under magistrate names as a vestige of autonomy. Aristippos served as one of the final magistrates to authorize full-weight nomoi before Rome's consolidation of southern Italy effectively ended Tarentine monetary independence.
Vlasto's attribution to 947–948 places this among a tightly defined group distinguished by die linkage rather than stylistic variation alone.