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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga, signed by Eumenos
Greek
Classical Period
425–413 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 17.35 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.540
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0400.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses prancing to left; driver, in long chiton, leaning forward; with goad and reins, crowned by flying Nike in long chiton.
Inscription in Greek in exergue.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with a cord wound several times around her hair, holding it in a roll; an earring, and pa lain necklace with a single jewel.
Four dolphins around.
Inscriptions in Greek above and in right field.
Inscription in Greek in exergue.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with a cord wound several times around her hair, holding it in a roll; an earring, and pa lain necklace with a single jewel.
Four dolphins around.
Inscriptions in Greek above and in right field.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Edward Herbert Bunbury Collection; 1896: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the Edward Bunbury Collection, 13 Wellington Street, Strand, London, June 17, 1896, lot 444); 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. 370); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren