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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga
Greek
Archaic Period
520–510 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 17.11 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.486
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0330.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga to right, horses walking; driver with reins and goad; horses crowned by flying Nike, who is wearing chiton and himation.
Dentated pattern under exergual line.
Dotted border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right, hair dotted, short strands on neck; taenia and plain necklace.
Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
Dentated pattern under exergual line.
Dotted border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right, hair dotted, short strands on neck; taenia and plain necklace.
Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek.
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. 295); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren