Coin: ar didrachm

Museum number:
8-5471
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005471
Accession number:
Acc.895
Description:
Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.05 grams, 21 mm. 334-302 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: Naked horseman r. helmeted, armed; beneath, ΔAI. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding trident and shield with sea horse design; beneath, buccinum. Remarks: "(Period of Kleonymus).
Donor:
University of California Library
Collection place:
Calabria, Southern Italy
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Collector:
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Taras (Greek hero)
Inscription:
Reverse legend: before, phi iota(?) and Obverse legend: inscription difficult to make out
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Didrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
334-302 BC
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 8.05 grams and linear 21 millimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #51: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (January 22, 1975–January 22, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5471, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.05 grams, 21 mm. 334-302 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: Naked horseman r. helmeted, armed; beneath, ΔAI. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding trident and shield with sea horse design; beneath, buccinum. Remarks: "(Period of Kleonymus).Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5471, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.05 grams, 21 mm. 334-302 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: Naked horseman r. helmeted, armed; beneath, ΔAI. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding trident and shield with sea horse design; beneath, buccinum. Remarks: "(Period of Kleonymus).Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5471, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.05 grams, 21 mm. 334-302 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: Naked horseman r. helmeted, armed; beneath, ΔAI. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding trident and shield with sea horse design; beneath, buccinum. Remarks: "(Period of Kleonymus).Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5471, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.05 grams, 21 mm. 334-302 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: Naked horseman r. helmeted, armed; beneath, ΔAI. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding trident and shield with sea horse design; beneath, buccinum. Remarks: "(Period of Kleonymus).Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5471, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.05 grams, 21 mm. 334-302 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: Naked horseman r. helmeted, armed; beneath, ΔAI. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding trident and shield with sea horse design; beneath, buccinum. Remarks: "(Period of Kleonymus).Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5471, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.05 grams, 21 mm. 334-302 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: Naked horseman r. helmeted, armed; beneath, ΔAI. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding trident and shield with sea horse design; beneath, buccinum. Remarks: "(Period of Kleonymus).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5471, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.05 grams, 21 mm. 334-302 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: Naked horseman r. helmeted, armed; beneath, ΔAI. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding trident and shield with sea horse design; beneath, buccinum. Remarks: "(Period of Kleonymus).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar didrachm, accession number 8-5471, described as Coin; AR; Didrachm; Greek. 8.05 grams, 21 mm. 334-302 BC. Taranto, Italy. Obverse: Naked horseman r. helmeted, armed; beneath, ΔAI. Reverse: Taras naked riding dolphin l. holding trident and shield with sea horse design; beneath, buccinum. Remarks: "(Period of Kleonymus).

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