Coin: ar decadrachm

Museum number:
8-4748
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004748
Accession number:
Acc.184
Description:
Coin; AR; Decadrachm; Greek. 37.3 grams, 35 mm. After 415 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ, bust of Arethusa l.; around, four dolphins. Reverse: Quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r. crowning charioteer; beneath, a ledge with helmet, shield, cuirass and greaves; in exergue, ΑΘΛΑ.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Syracuse (ancient colony)
Production place:
Syracuse (ancient colony)
Culture or time period:
Greek Classical Period (480–323 BC)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1905
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Arethusa (Greek deity)
Inscription:
Obverse legend: SURAKOSIO and Reverse legend: Beneath, ATHLA
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Decadrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
after 415 BC
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
weight 37.3 grams and linear 35 millimeters
Loans:
S1971-1972 #117: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley)/Darrell Arlynn Amyx (March 22, 1972–March 22, 1972) and S1971-1972 #137: Newton K. Gregg (May 2, 1972–May 23, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar decadrachm, accession number 8-4748, described as Coin; AR; Decadrachm; Greek. 37.3 grams, 35 mm. After 415 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ, bust of Arethusa l.; around, four dolphins. Reverse: Quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r. crowning charioteer; beneath, a ledge with helmet, shield, cuirass and greaves; in exergue, ΑΘΛΑ.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar decadrachm, accession number 8-4748, described as Coin; AR; Decadrachm; Greek. 37.3 grams, 35 mm. After 415 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ, bust of Arethusa l.; around, four dolphins. Reverse: Quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r. crowning charioteer; beneath, a ledge with helmet, shield, cuirass and greaves; in exergue, ΑΘΛΑ.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar decadrachm, accession number 8-4748, described as Coin; AR; Decadrachm; Greek. 37.3 grams, 35 mm. After 415 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ, bust of Arethusa l.; around, four dolphins. Reverse: Quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r. crowning charioteer; beneath, a ledge with helmet, shield, cuirass and greaves; in exergue, ΑΘΛΑ.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar decadrachm, accession number 8-4748, described as Coin; AR; Decadrachm; Greek. 37.3 grams, 35 mm. After 415 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ, bust of Arethusa l.; around, four dolphins. Reverse: Quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r. crowning charioteer; beneath, a ledge with helmet, shield, cuirass and greaves; in exergue, ΑΘΛΑ.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar decadrachm, accession number 8-4748, described as Coin; AR; Decadrachm; Greek. 37.3 grams, 35 mm. After 415 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ, bust of Arethusa l.; around, four dolphins. Reverse: Quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r. crowning charioteer; beneath, a ledge with helmet, shield, cuirass and greaves; in exergue, ΑΘΛΑ.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar decadrachm, accession number 8-4748, described as Coin; AR; Decadrachm; Greek. 37.3 grams, 35 mm. After 415 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ, bust of Arethusa l.; around, four dolphins. Reverse: Quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r. crowning charioteer; beneath, a ledge with helmet, shield, cuirass and greaves; in exergue, ΑΘΛΑ.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar decadrachm, accession number 8-4748, described as Coin; AR; Decadrachm; Greek. 37.3 grams, 35 mm. After 415 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩ, bust of Arethusa l.; around, four dolphins. Reverse: Quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r. crowning charioteer; beneath, a ledge with helmet, shield, cuirass and greaves; in exergue, ΑΘΛΑ.

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