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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga
Greek
Early Classical Period
474–450 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 17.24 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.518
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0367.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses walking to right, crowned with wreath by flying Nike; driver with goad and reins.
In exergue, a sea monster.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right, with earring, dotted necklace between two plain lines, and narrow band around head over which the hair is rolled.
Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek.
In exergue, a sea monster.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right, with earring, dotted necklace between two plain lines, and narrow band around head over which the hair is rolled.
Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceSotheby sale of December 19, 1892, no. 51 (according to Regling); 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. 330); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren