. Greek athletic sports and festivals . —Silver tetradrachni of Rhegium,in British Museum (enlarged). Earlyfifth century. XXI THE HIPPODROME—MULE-CAR—HORSE-RACE 461 a coin bearing on one side the figure of his victorious jockeyholding in his hand the palm (Fig. 167). Of the Olympic KaX-m] I know no illustration, but some-thing very similar to it occurs on the coins of Tarentum. Thedidrachms of Tarentum,^ from the fifth century to the end ofthe third century , present a wonderful variety of equestriantypes which, as Dr. Evans says, give artistic expression tothe passionate love of t
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . —Silver tetradrachni of Rhegium,in British Museum (enlarged). Earlyfifth century. XXI THE HIPPODROME—MULE-CAR—HORSE-RACE 461 a coin bearing on one side the figure of his victorious jockeyholding in his hand the palm (Fig. 167). Of the Olympic KaX-m] I know no illustration, but some-thing very similar to it occurs on the coins of Tarentum. Thedidrachms of Tarentum,^ from the fifth century to the end ofthe third century , present a wonderful variety of equestriantypes which, as Dr. Evans says, give artistic expression tothe passionate love of the turf which was so distinguishing afeature of Tarentine public life. The coin in our illustration(Fig. 170), which belongs to the beginning of the third century,represents a common type, a naked youth armed with a small. Fig. 169.—Panathenaic amphora, in British Museum, B. 133. Sixth century. round shield in the act of vaulting off his horse. As waspointed out in a previous chapter, the exercises of the apobates,whether in chariot or on horseback, are really military ; andthis military character is marked on the Tarentum coins bythe addition of a shield. Another type represented on thecoins of Tarentum is the torch-race on horseback. The coinselected (Fig. 170) is slightly later than the last, and is ascribedby Dr. Evans to the hegemony of Pyrrhus. Horses and mares were admitted alike to all races except theKaXirii], which was confined to mares. The distinction betweencolts and horses was one of the points decided by the ^ The Horsemen of Tareutum, passim. 462 GREEK ATHLETIC SPORTS AND FESTIVALS CHAP. Hellanodicae in the preliminary dokimasia before the cites the case of a Spartan Lycinus, who hadentered a team for the colts race, but as one of his teamwas rejected by the judges, he
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