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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with head of Persephone, struck under Agathokles
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
310–305 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 17.16 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.561
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0463.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Persephone to right with crown of grain leaves, pendant earring and necklace; hair falling free behind.
Inscription in Greek at left.
Reverse: Nike to left, with garment fallen below waist. Hammer in lowered right hand. Raised left hand on trophy.
In left field, monogram. In right field, triskeles.
Inscription in Greek in exergue.
Inscription in Greek at left.
Reverse: Nike to left, with garment fallen below waist. Hammer in lowered right hand. Raised left hand on trophy.
In left field, monogram. In right field, triskeles.
Inscription in Greek in exergue.
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 by Regling as Greenwell Collection.
Not listed by Regling as Greenwell Collection.