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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 480–475 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 mm. Weight: 16.92 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.494
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0355.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga to right, driver with goad and reins; horses crowned by flying Nike, with wings folded back.
Double ground line.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right with beaded band in hair which is represented by fine lines; beaded necklace.
Four dolphins around.
(Raised line across head caused by crack in die).
Inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
Double ground line.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right with beaded band in hair which is represented by fine lines; beaded necklace.
Four dolphins around.
(Raised line across head caused by crack in die).
Inscription in Greek.
Round incuse.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 303); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren