Collection: Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Context: Taras
Material: Silver
Denomination: Stater
Actual Weight: 6.215
Die Axis: 120 degrees
Date: ca. 272 BC - ca. 235 BC
Region: Apulia
Period: Hellenistic

Obverse Type: Dolphin rider holding trident, profile to the left, crowned by flying Nike; to right, a grape cluster

Date Description:

Evans period 8 (ca. 272-235 BC).

Collection History:

Possibly from IGCH, no. 1975, the 'Warren hoard' (Smith).

Commentary: Dies very close to Ravel 1977 844.