Coin
| Object Number: | 88-13-30 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location: | Syracuse |
| Maker: | Hicetas |
| Date Made: | 287-278 BC |
| Early Date: | -287 |
| Late Date: | -278 |
| Section: | Mediterranean |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Iconography: | Head Persephone Wreath Barley Earring Biga Charioteer Star |
| Outside Diameter: | 2.1 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the University of Pennsylvania Department of Classical Studies, 1988 |
| Other Number: | 41 - Other Number |
Description
ob: head of Persephone 1. hair bound in barley wreath, also wearing earring
rev: biga r. driven by charioteer wearing long chiton and holding goad and reins; above, star
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Collection] Poole, Reginald S. 1876. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Sicily.. London. British Museum Press. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 201, no. 441 | View Objects related to this Type Citation |
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