Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Nomos - Aristippos
| Issuer | Tarentum |
|---|---|
| Year | 240 BC - 228 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | HN Italy#1056, Vlasto#947-948 |
| Obverse description | Nude youth on horseback galloping to the right, wearing a crested helmet; the rider holds a palm branch in his raised left hand. A monogram appears in the left field. The legend ΑΡΙCΤΙΠΠΟC is inscribed in the exergue in Greek characters, identifying the magistrate Aristippos. The composition is rendered in a refined Hellenistic style characteristic of late Tarentine coinage. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| 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. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (240 BC - 228 BC) |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |