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Coin Catalog Number: Dewing 140

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Collection:Arthur S. Dewing Collection
Material:Silver
Denomination:Didrachm
Mint:Taras Region:Apulia
Date:ca. 380 B.C. - 345 B.C. Period:Late Classical
Issuing Authority:
Actual Weight:6.9 Die Axis:180 degrees

Obverse Type:

Horseman galloping to the right

Obverse Legend:

L

Reverse Type:

Dolphin rider, profile to the right, sitting sideways with legs crossed, holding in right hand an acrostolion; plain circular border

Reverse Legend:

TARAS

Commentary:

M.P. Vlasto, TARAS OIKISTÊS, A contribution to Tarentine Numismatics, ANSNNM 15 (New York 1922). Vlasto 366 (var).

(Keith Rutter)

Keywords:

dolphin, horseman

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Archive NumberCaption
1990.26.0003Obverse: Horseman galloping to the right
1990.26.0004Reverse: Dolphin rider, profile to the right, sitting sideways with legs crossed, holding in right hand an acrostolion; plain circular border
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