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Stater

Date

270–250 B.C.

Medium

Silver

Culture

Greek (South Italian)

Department

Coins

Institution

Getty Museum

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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