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Tetradrachm of Himera with quadriga
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 455–440 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Himera
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm. Weight: 17.43 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number00.98
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0251.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses walking to left; bearded charioteer standing upright with goad in right hand, reins in left; is crowned by a Nike flying to right.
In exergue: inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Nymph Himera stands full front, head to left, pouring libation from a phiale on an altar at left.
At the right a small bearded satyr stands to right in a fountain, washing himself in the stream which gushes from a lion's head, striking him on the chest.
Inscription in Greek above.
In exergue: inscription in Greek.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Nymph Himera stands full front, head to left, pouring libation from a phiale on an altar at left.
At the right a small bearded satyr stands to right in a fountain, washing himself in the stream which gushes from a lion's head, striking him on the chest.
Inscription in Greek above.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren