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Stater
| Issuer | Tarentum |
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| Year | 276 BC - 272 BC |
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| Value | Gold Stater (20) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Zeus facing left, rendered in fine high relief with richly detailed curling hair and a full flowing beard, characteristic of the mature Tarentine die-cutting tradition. The laureate wreath is rendered with naturalistic detail across the brow. In the field to the right, behind the head, the magistrate's monogram NK appears as a ligate control mark. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΝΚ |
| Reverse description | Eagle with open wings standing right, perched upon a thunderbolt, the primary emblem of Zeus and a recurring type on Tarentine gold coinage. In the left field before the eagle, two stars and two amphorae serve as additional control symbols. In the exergue, the magistrate's name appears in the Greek legend NIKAP. |
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