1/6 stater of Taras (Tarentum) with head of Persephone (?), struck under Alexander of Epiros
334–330 B.C.
MintTaras (Tarentum), Calabria
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsDiameter: 10 mm. Weight: 1.44 gm.
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number04.315
On View
Not on viewClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Montagu Collection; 1896: auction of the Montagu Collection, Cat. Sotheby, pl. i, 18 (according to Brett, Catalogue, no. 64); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 27); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
A.D. 698–705
about A.D. 268
about 303–302 B.C.
334–302 B.C.
334–302 B.C.