Coin
Decadrachm
Object Number: | 29-126-41 |
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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 |
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