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Unknown Maker, Greek

Two-drachma coin (didrachm)
Now On View

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Greek

Culture

Greek

Title

Two-drachma coin (didrachm)

Year

380-345 BCE

Medium

  • silver

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • silver

Materials

silver

Geography

Mint: Tarentum

Dimensions

Weight: 7.6 g (7.6 g)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

40.015.115

Type

  • Coins

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Ancient Greek and Roman Galleries
Sep 22, 2010

Label copy

This coin depicts Phalanthos, a native Spartan and the founder of the Greek colony of Tarentum. According to legend, Phalanthos was once saved by a dolphin during a shipwreck. He was therefore often depicted as he is here, astride a dolphin. The horseman on the obverse of the coin examines a pillar topped with the head of a god, called a herm. The stillness of this scene offers a contrast to the leaping dolphin and Phalanthos on the reverse.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Greek
Two-drachma coin (didrachm), 380-345 BCE
Silver
Weight: 7.6 g (7.6 g)
Museum Appropriation Fund 40.015.115

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