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Boy On Dolphin Coin Pendant

Boy On Dolphin Coin Pendant

$2,995.00

Features: Taras on Dolphin
Region: Greek/Italy
Mint: Taras
Materials: Silver Coin
Framing: 14k
Reverse: Youth on Horseback
Denomination: Stater
Date: 302-235 BC
Stones: NA

 

SKU: ACTSP-103 Categories: Coin Jewelry Pendants, Greek Coin Pendants
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Most Greek cities had foundation mythologies, which tell of the circumstances under which a city was founded. Perhaps the most interesting of all is that of the south Italian city of Taras, which was originally populated by people from the Greek city of Sparta, but was founded with the help of the gods.

Legend has it that a youth named Taras, who was a son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the oceans, was shipwrecked and then saved by a friendly dolphin, who took him to shore upon his back. In honor of his rescue, he founded a city at the place where they landed.

This foundation myth is illustrated on the featured side of this silver coin, which shows the young Taras seated on the dolphin’s back. The reverse shows Taras riding a Hippocamp, or seahorse.

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