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Tetradrachm of Syracuse with quadriga, signed by Euainetos and Eumenes
Greek
Classical Period
c. 425-413 B.C.
Mint: Sicily, Syracuse
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 17.36 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.545
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0408.
DescriptionObverse: Quadriga with horses galloping to right; driver crowned by flying Nike
who holds wreath, in both hands, from which hangs tablet with inscription in Greek.
Rein of farthest horse falling loose.
In exergue, two dolphins facing.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with plain necklace and earring; hair rolled up and caught on top of head.
Below, four dolphins around.
Inscriptions in Greek above, at right, and below.
who holds wreath, in both hands, from which hangs tablet with inscription in Greek.
Rein of farthest horse falling loose.
In exergue, two dolphins facing.
Beaded border.
Reverse: Head of Arethusa to left with plain necklace and earring; hair rolled up and caught on top of head.
Below, four dolphins around.
Inscriptions in Greek above, at right, and below.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: according to MFA file card: Canon Greenwell Collection. Note that K. Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, did not include no. 375 (this tetradrachm) in his list on p. VI of coins acquired by Warren from the Greenwell Collection; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren