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| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 330 BC - 325 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Taras, the legendary founder and eponymous hero of the city, depicted nude and seated to the left astride a dolphin, holding a kantharos in his outstretched right hand and grasping a trident in his left. The magistrate's abbreviated signature ⊢ΗΡ appears below in the exergual area, set above stylized wave lines that emphasize the marine setting. The composition follows the canonical Tarentine reverse type evoking the myth of Taras, son of Poseidon, who was said to have ridden a dolphin to the Italian shore. |
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| Reverse lettering | ⊢ΗΡ |
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