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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with head of Arethusa, signed by Kimon
Greek
Classical Period
c. 413–399 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 17.00 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.538
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0418.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Arethusa full front, a little to left, with ampyx, earring, plain necklace; hair flying.
At right one dolphin and at left two dolphins.
Traces of inscription outside dotted circle above head; inscription on ampyx (?).
Dotted circle.
Reverse: Quadriga with horses galloping to left; driver, in long chiton, with goad and reins, crowned by Nike flying in upright position, wearing double chiton.
Inscription above at right.
In exergue, stalk of wheat.
Plain border.
At right one dolphin and at left two dolphins.
Traces of inscription outside dotted circle above head; inscription on ampyx (?).
Dotted circle.
Reverse: Quadriga with horses galloping to left; driver, in long chiton, with goad and reins, crowned by Nike flying in upright position, wearing double chiton.
Inscription above at right.
In exergue, stalk of wheat.
Plain border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Robert Carfrae Collection, Edinburgh; by 1894: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, Wellington Street, Strand, London (auction of the Robert Carfrae Collection, May 23-25, lot 72); 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. 368); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren