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100 litra-piece of Syracuse with head of Arethusa, signed by Euainetos
Greek
Classical Period
about 385 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 14.5 mm. Weight: 5.73 gm. Die Axis: 3
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1983.238
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Arethusa left.
Signed by Euainetos at right. Inscription in Greek at left.
Reverse: Herakles kneeling and strangling the Nemean lion.
Signed by Euainetos at right. Inscription in Greek at left.
Reverse: Herakles kneeling and strangling the Nemean lion.
ProvenanceFrom the Avola Hoard, 1888. By 1955: with Adolph Hess AG., Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess auction, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, April 5, 1955, lot 8); by 1983: with Bank Leu A.G., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Ch-8022 Zurich, Switzerland (Leu auction 33, Savoy Hotel-Baur en Ville, Poststrasse 12, Zurich, May 3, 1983, lot 241: from the Avola hoard); purchased at Leu auction 33 on behalf of MFA by Jeffrey Spier, P.O. Box 1082, Radio City Station, New York 10101; purchased by MFA from Jeffrey Spier, June 15, 1983