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Tetradrachm of Panormos (?) with quadriga
Greek
Classical Period
After 409 B.C.
Mint: Sicily (Siculo-Punic), Panormos (?)
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 16.87 gm.
Credit Line
Bartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900
Accession Number03.955
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0325.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga, left, with Nike flying right, crowning driver.
Inscription in Phoenician below.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa, left, with marine plant in hair, necklace, and triple-pendant earring; around, four dolphins (one obscured by die breaks)
Inscription in Phoenician below.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa, left, with marine plant in hair, necklace, and triple-pendant earring; around, four dolphins (one obscured by die breaks)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; March 24, 1903: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren