Tetradrachm

94-27-37

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 94-27-37
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Syracuse
Date Made 510 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Quadriga | Charioteer | Square | Arethusa | Windmill
Description

Quadriga driven with charioteer holding reins with both hands; Quadripartite incuse square with four flying windmills in the center of a depressed circle with a small head of Arethusa facing left with a band of pearled hair.

Outside Diameter 2.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of L. Daniel Dannenbaum, 1994

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