Tetradrachm from Syracuse | Yale University Art Gallery

485–479 B.C.

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 16.85 g, 8:00, 25 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Dr. Jonathan Edwards, Jr., B.A. 1863
Accession Number: 2001.87.1321
Geography: Made in Syracuse, Sicily
Culture: Greek
Period: 5th century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Quadriga driven r. by charioteer; Victory flying r. crowns horses.

Reverse Description: Head of Arethusa r. surrounded by dolphins.

Provenance

Dr. Jonathan Edwards, Jr., to 1887; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1887–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money, tetradrachms

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