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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga, signed by Eukleidas
Greek
Classical Period
425–413 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 16.79 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.543
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0405.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses galloping to left; driver, leaning forward with goad and reins, crowned by flying Nike.
In exergue, two dolphins confronting.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with ampyx, on which is a swan swimming to left, and sphendone, on which are two eight-rayed stars with an inscription in Greek below. She wears an earring and a bead necklace.
Around, four dolphins.
In exergue, two dolphins confronting.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with ampyx, on which is a swan swimming to left, and sphendone, on which are two eight-rayed stars with an inscription in Greek below. She wears an earring and a bead necklace.
Around, four dolphins.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Not listed by Regling as Greenwell Collection.
Not listed by Regling as Greenwell Collection.