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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga, signed by Eumenos
Greek
Classical Period
c. 425-413 BC
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 32 mm. Weight: 17.38 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.539
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0399.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses galloping to left; driver in long chiton leaning forward with goad and reins, crowned by flying Nike in a long chiton.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with ampyx on which is an inscription in Greek. She wears an earring, a plain necklace with a jewel and has her hair in a roll.
Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek above head.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with ampyx on which is an inscription in Greek. She wears an earring, a plain necklace with a jewel and has her hair in a roll.
Four dolphins around.
Inscription in Greek above head.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Northwick Collection; 1859: auction of the Northwick Collection (Cat. Sotheby, Northwick, no. 355 [according to the 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. 369); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren