Coin: ar tetradrachm
- Museum number:
- 8-4316
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21080004316
- Accession number:
- Acc.146 and Acc.147
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek.17.05 grams, 26 mm. Gelon, 485-478 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ, female head r., neacklace, earrings, diadem; around, 4 dolphins. Reverse: Quadriga r., Nike flying above r. crowning horses.
- Donor:
- Alfred Emerson, M. Boissé, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Syracuse (ancient colony)
- Production place:
- Syracuse (ancient colony)
- Culture or time period:
- Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
- Collector:
- Alfred Emerson
- Materials:
- Silver alloy
- Person depicted:
- Nike (Greek diety)
- Inscription:
- Obverse legend: SYRAKOSION
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 485-478 BC
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Department:
- Classical Mediterranean
- Dimensions:
- weight 17 grams and linear 26 millimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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