Stater

Features

Issuer Tarentum (Calabria)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 325 BC - 320 BC
Value Gold Stater (20)
Currency Drachm
Composition Gold
Weight 8.56 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
180242
References SNG France# 1777,
Edoardo Levante; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, France / Volume 2. Bibliothèque nationale de France: Cilicie. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France.
And 6 more volumes.
HN Italy# 901,
N. Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum : Italy. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom.
Gulbenkian# 29,
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, M. Castro Hipólito; 1971. A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins / Part 1: Italy, Sicily, Carthage. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
And 1 more volumes.
AMB Basel# 89
Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland.

Obverse

Veiled and diademed head of Hera facing right, wearing earring and necklace. Below chin, dolphin swimming downwards. Behind neck, E

Script: Greek

Lettering:
TAPA
E

Reverse

Young Taras standing right, raising hands in supplication to Poseidon seated left, leaning forward and holding trident. In the right field, a star. Below stool, diphros and K

Script: Greek

Lettering:
TAPANTI NΩN
K

Mint

Taras, Calabria, modern-day Taranto, Italy

Comments

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Stater
Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 116
Lot 11
Internet Archive
1 Oct 2019 XF USD 332 880.25
(CHF 300 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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