Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 17.36 grams, 24 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 and M. Boissé
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 17.36 grams and linear 24 millimeters
Loans:
S1973-1974 #43: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (December 4, 1973–December 6, 1973), S1974-1975 #51: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (January 22, 1975–January 22, 1975), S1976-1977 #42: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (January 26, 1977–January 26, 1977), and S1977-1978 #29: Department of Classics (UC Berkeley)/Crawford Hallock Greenewalt Jr. (January 24, 1978–March 15, 1978)