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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga, signed by Eukleidas and Eumenes (?)
Greek
Classical Period
425–413 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 17.25 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.547
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0403.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses galloping to left; driver with goad and reins, crowned by flying Nike.
Under horses, inscription.
Below ground line in exergue, dolphin and fish to right.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with earring and plain necklace; hair in roll.
Inscriptions above and behind her head.
Four dolphins around.
Under horses, inscription.
Below ground line in exergue, dolphin and fish to right.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with earring and plain necklace; hair in roll.
Inscriptions above and behind her head.
Four dolphins around.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Northwick Collection; 1859: Sotheby auction of the Northwick Collection, no. 363 (according to Regling and Brett catalogues); by date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 377); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren