Tetradrachm of Agathocles I from Syracuse | Yale University Art Gallery

310–304 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 17.15 g, 8:00, 26 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Gilbert Steinberg
Accession Number: 2001.87.4788
Geography: Made in Syracuse, Sicily
Culture: Greek
Period: 4th century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: KORAS [Gr.] Head of Persephone r.

Provenance

Gilbert Steinberg, to about 1984; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1984 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money, tetradrachms

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