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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga, signed by Parme[nides?]
Greek
Classical Period
c. 413–399 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 17.17 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.548
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0416.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses galloping to left; rein of one horse hanging loose; driver with goad and reins crowned by flying Nike.
In exergue, ear of wheat.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with sphendone and ampyx, earring and bead necklace; Inscriptions in Greek above head and beneath neck.
Four dolphins around.
Plain border.
In exergue, ear of wheat.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with sphendone and ampyx, earring and bead necklace; Inscriptions in Greek above head and beneath neck.
Four dolphins around.
Plain border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Not listed as Greenwell collection by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell collection by Regling.