Tetradrachm of Syracuse | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.1965.693
Title: Tetradrachm of Syracuse
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 485 BCE-483 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)
Period: Classical period, Early
Culture: Greek
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/189037

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 16.84 g
Die Axis: 6
Denomination: tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Robinon coll. Naville-Ars Classica 12, 18 Oct. 1926 (Wertheim), 823 = J. Hirsch 32, 14-15 Nov. 1912, 127

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Boehringer 47

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: 1.1965.693
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Quadriga r. driven by bearded male charioteer; above, Nike flying r. to crown horses. Border of dots.
Rev.: SY RAK OSI ON; small female head (Arethusa) right; around, four dolphins.

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1.1965.693: Tetradrachm of Syracuse