Stater

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Stater

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Date
270–250 B.C.
Medium
Silver
Culture
Greek (South Italian)
Department
Coins
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
c18685b8-a792-4458-9981-0a60c2d7fb65

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Obverse: Nude boy rider crowns his horse, which stands facing left, with right foreleg raised. Behind rider, ΔΙ [DI] is inscribed and below horse, +ΙΛΩ/ΤΑϹ [+ILOTAS]. Reverse: Taras astride a dolphin facing left, holding a distaff in his right hand and a kantharos in outstretched left hand. Behind him, to right, a rooster. Inscribed below the dolphin: TΑΡΑΣ [TARAS]. Taras is both the name of the city that minted this coin and of a legendary figure who was saved from drowning by a dolphin sent by his father, the god Poseidon.

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