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Didrachm of Syracuse with horse and rider leading a second horse
Greek
Archaic Period
520–510 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 8.29 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.502
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0334.
DescriptionObverse: Nude horseman to right, leading second horse; on shaded line.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right with band in hair (represented by dots), and necklace; dotted line stopping at neck.
Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right with band in hair (represented by dots), and necklace; dotted line stopping at neck.
Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek.
Provenance1896: sold at auction of the Montagu collection, Sotheby, London (lot 27 according to Regling; lot 127 according to Brett);
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. 312); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
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. 312); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren