Coin

Tetradrachm

29-126-44

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 29-126-44
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Syracuse | Sicily
Creator Hieron II
Period Hellenistic Period
Date Made 275-216BC
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Philistis | Barley | Quadriga | Nike | Horse
Inscription Language Greek Language
Description

Head of Philistis l., diademed and veiled; behind, stalk of barley. BASILISSAE/PHILISTISOS Quadriga r. driven by Nike; above, crescent; to r., KIS; below horses hooves, stalk of barley.

Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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