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19066
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:

[Article] White, Donald J. 2011. "A View of the Horse from the Classical Perspective". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 53. no. 3. pg. 24-33 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 28, fig. 7View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 133, fig. 121View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[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. 17View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] White, Donald J. 1986. "The Morris Coin: A Masterpiece by Euaenetus". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 28. no. 3. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 13-21View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Romano, David G. 1985. "Boycotts, Bribes, and Fines: The Ancient Olympic Games". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 27. no. 2. pg. 10-21 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 17, fig. 12View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[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. 10View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Apr 1930. "Certain Coins in the Classical Collection". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 1. no. 4. pg. 27-30 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pl. XI, CView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[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

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