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Didrachm of Syracuse with horse and rider
Greek
Late Archaic Period
510–485 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 8.55 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.109
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0343.
DescriptionObverse: Nude bearded horseman to right, leading a second horse abreast of the one he is riding, on a dotted exergue line.
In exergue vertical lines.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right, with a necklace; hair (dotted) turned up behind, and bound with a diadem of beads. Fringe on forehead.
Three dolphins, moving to right around head.
Inscription in Greek.
In exergue vertical lines.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to right, with a necklace; hair (dotted) turned up behind, and bound with a diadem of beads. Fringe on forehead.
Three dolphins, moving to right around head.
Inscription in Greek.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren