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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with charioteer driving a quadriga
Greek
Late Archaic Period
about 500–485 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 16.98 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.484
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0329.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga to right, the driver holding reins in both hands;
feather (?) in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Four incuse surfaces, windmill form, in square;
in center, woman's head to left in incuse circle; hair represented with dots.
feather (?) in exergue.
Inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Four incuse surfaces, windmill form, in square;
in center, woman's head to left in incuse circle; hair represented with dots.
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. 292); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren