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Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.

On the side of the coin on the left is a man on a four-horse drawn vehicle facing left, wearing flowing clothing, holding a stick in his right hand, and the reins of the horses in his left. Below, a line under the horses, a dolphin swims left. The other side of the coin depicts the head of a woman facing left, wearing a necklace, her hair tied back in a headband with tendrils radiating upwards. Dolphins surround her head along the border.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.1965.857
Title
Tetradrachm of Syracuse
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
406 - 405 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)
Period
Classical period, Late
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/188531

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3200, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Classical Sculpture
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
17.23 g
Die Axis
5
Denomination
tetradrachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Tudeer 92

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from the Trustees of the Arthur Stone Dewing Greek Numismatic Foundation
Object Number
1.1965.857
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv. . Quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r. to crown charioteer.
Rev.: Head of Arethusa l.; around, four dolphins.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3200 West Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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