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Tetradrachm of Kamarina with Athena driving quadriga, signed by Exakestidas
Greek
Classical Period
420–405 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Kamarina
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 16.71 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.436
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0260.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga three quarters to right, horses galloping; Athena as charioteer in crested Athenian helmet and chiton; in drawn-back right, four reins; in left hand, two reins; crowned by Nike with wreath; double ground line.
In exergue, two amphorae upright, connected by a line.
Plain border.
Obverse by Exakestidas: traces of signature on wide ground line.
Reverse: Head of Herakles to left, beardless, in lion's scalp, with paws tied around neck.
Inscription in Greek around.
In exergue, two amphorae upright, connected by a line.
Plain border.
Obverse by Exakestidas: traces of signature on wide ground line.
Reverse: Head of Herakles to left, beardless, in lion's scalp, with paws tied around neck.
Inscription in Greek around.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Robert Carfrae Collection, Edinburgh; by 1894: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the Robert Carfrae Collection, May 23-25, lot 41: from the Paravey Collection); 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. 209); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren