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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