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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga
Greek
Classical Period
c. 413–399 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 17.05 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.550
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0412.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses galloping to left; driver, Persephone, with reins and torch, crowned by flying Nike.
In exergue, ear of wheat.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right with earring and necklace; hair in knot at top of head. Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek to right above head.
Plain border.
In exergue, ear of wheat.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right with earring and necklace; hair in knot at top of head. Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek to right above head.
Plain border.
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. 381); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren