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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. Above flies a winged woman also in flowing clothing, holding a wreath to crown the man. Below, a line under the horses an ear of wheat. The other side of the coin depicts the head of a woman facing right, wearing a necklace, her hair is tied back with tendrils hanging down, with dolphins surrounding her head along the border.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.217
Title
Tetradrachm of Syracuse
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
415 - 405 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Syracuse (Sicily)
Period
Classical period, High
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/196401

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
17.16 g
Die Axis
8
Denomination
tetradrachm

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Tudeer 63

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.217
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
obverse: Quadriga, driver crowned by Victory; wheat ear.
reverse: Head of Artemis-Arethusa surrounded by dolphins.

Publication History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)

Exhibition History

  • The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
  • 32Q: 3200 West Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Verification Level

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