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Didrachm of Tarentum

Obverse: horseman crowning horse; above, SY; below, LYKINOS. Reverse: TARAS; Taras, brandishing tirdent, riding dolphin; to r., owl.

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University

272 BCE-240 BCE 3rd century BCE Hellenistic period -272 -240

Greek

Title: Didrachm of Tarentum

Description:

Obverse: horseman crowning horse; above, SY; below, LYKINOS.

Reverse: TARAS; Taras, brandishing tirdent, riding dolphin; to r.

, owl.

Back

Obv.: tripod; to left heron. Under the tripod the rider of the didrachm of Leontinoi (similar to 1.1965.625) is visible. Rev.: tripod in incuse; traces of the lion's head to r. of...