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Drachm of Syracuse with horse and rider
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
485–480/79 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 14 mm. Weight: 4.19 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.110
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0352.
DescriptionObverse: Nude, youthful horseman riding to right, on a plain exergual line.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa to right.
Inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Diademed head of Arethusa to right.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren