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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga
Greek
Early Classical Period
474–450 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 17.14 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.510
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0369.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses walking to right, driver with goad and reins, horses crowned by flying Nike.
In exergue, a sea monster.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right, with earring and necklace; beads in hair from crown in triple strands, in close waves on forehead and at back where it is tucked under taenia. Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek.
In exergue, a sea monster.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right, with earring and necklace; beads in hair from crown in triple strands, in close waves on forehead and at back where it is tucked under taenia. Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceNo. 37 in 1889 Sotheby sale according to Regling and Brett catalogues; 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. 321); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren