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Drachm of Katane with quadriga
Greek
Classical Period
413–404 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Katane
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 4.21 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.441
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0267.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga three-quarters to right, with horses galloping; female charioteer, in a long chiton holding goad in drawn-back right hand and reins in left (rein of farthest horse trailing), is crowned with wreath by flying Nike. Double ground line.
Inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of river-god Amenanos facing three-quarters right; loose, wavy hair; short horns on forehead.
Left and right, river fish upwards.
Round incuse.
Inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of river-god Amenanos facing three-quarters right; loose, wavy hair; short horns on forehead.
Left and right, river fish upwards.
Round incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 220); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren