Half-Stater of Tarentum
CoinsGreek4th century BCE

Half-Stater of Tarentum

333 BCE-320 BCE

Description

Obv.: Head of Hera, r., wearing stephane, earring and necklace, hair falling on neck in wavy curls; border of dots; inscription, down r.; Rev.: Dolphin-rider, l., holding trident in l. hand, dolphin on extended r. hand; inscription, down r.; thunderbolt and mark to l.; Greek Mu and Fee below

Classification
Coins
Technique
Struck
Medium
Silver
Culture
Greek
Period
Classical period, Late
Century
4th century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

4.19 g

Provenance

Glendining, 27 May 1936, 3

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