Stater
Features
| Issuer |
Tarentum
(Calabria)  |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 302 BC - 300 BC |
| Value | Gold Stater (20) |
| Currency | Attic drachm |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 8.56 g |
| Diameter | 18 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 389410 |
| References | HN Italy# 952 Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. Reginald Stuart Poole, Barclay V. Head, Percy Gardner, Warwick William Wroth, George Francis Hill; 1873. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum / Volume 1. Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes). Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (publisher). A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (2 volumes). Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland. Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson; 1923. Catalogue of Ancient Greek Coins Collected by Godfrey Locker Lampson. Arthur L. Humphreys, London, United Kingdom. Dietrich Von Bothmer (ed.), Jane M. Cody (ed.), Jiri Frel (ed.), Arthur Houghton (ed.), Catharine C. Lorber (ed.), Margaret Ellen Mayo (ed.); 1983. Wealth of the ancient world: The Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt collections. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, United States. |
Obverse
Head of Amphitrite right, wearing stephane and light veil, dolphin before and behind.
Script: Greek
Lettering:
TAPA
ΩY
Reverse
The Dioskouroi on horses pacing left, side by side; two stars above.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΣΑ
Mint
Taras, Calabria, modern-day Taranto, ItalySee also
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| ND (302 BC - 300 BC) | 
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$ 53 000 | |||||||||||||
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Examples of the type
© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b113153645
15 mm • 8.58 g • ↑↑ 6h
15 mm • 8.58 g • ↑↑ 6h
SNG France 1796; de Luynes 240
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Past sales
| Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price | |
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Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 100 Lot 56 
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29 May 2017 | XF |
USD 32 931.32
(CHF 26 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars ClassicaAuction 150 Lot 510
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2 Dec 2024 | VF |
USD 58 263.10
(CHF 46 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 72 Lot 287
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16 May 2013 | VF |
USD 32 931.32
(CHF 26 000.00) (+ buyer's premium) |
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From collections of Weber, Locker-Lampson, Lloyd, Athos and Dina Moretti and the Money Museum in Zürich; ex Sotheby's Wilkinson & Hodge 7 December 1896, Bunbury, 68 |
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