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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga
Greek
Archaic Period
about 500–485 BC
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 17.13 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.485
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0328.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga to right, driver holding reins in both hands.
In exergue, ear of grain (?).
Inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Four incuse surfaces, windmill form, in square;
in center, woman's head to left in incuse circle; hair behind in long tight curls.
In exergue, ear of grain (?).
Inscription in Greek.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Four incuse surfaces, windmill form, in square;
in center, woman's head to left in incuse circle; hair behind in long tight curls.
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. 293); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren