Coin

Decadrachm

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Object Number:	29-126-41
Current Location:	Greece Gallery Currently On Display
Culture:	Greek
Provenience:	Mediterranean
Manufacture Location:	Syracuse Sicily
Period:	Classical Greek Period
Date Made:	405-345 BCE
Early Date:	-405
Late Date:	-345
Section:	Mediterranean
Materials:	Silver
Iconography:	Persephone Dolphins Quadriga Charioteer Nike
Inscription Language:	Greek Language
Outside Diameter:	3.4 cm
Credit Line:	Received from various sources, pre-1929

Description

SYRAKOSION Head of Arethusa l., four dolphins around; traces of the artist's signature below (EYAINE, of which N visible).; Quadriga l. driven by charioteer with goad, above Nike flying r., about to crown charioteer; in ex., shield, greaves, cuirass and helmet.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Classical Gallery: Greece (1975 - 1989)	View Objects in Exhibition
Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

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[Book] Stolyarik, Yelena, and Romano, Irene B., and Romano, David G., and DeVries, Keith R., and White, Donald J. 1995. The Ancient Greek World:The Rodney S. Young Gallery.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 17	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
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[Article] Wieschhoff, H. A. Dec 1945. "Primitive Money". Bulletin of the Pennsylvania Museum. Vol. 11:3. pg. 1-43 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 28, fig. 10	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
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[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. 171, no. 175 f.	View Objects related to this Type Citation