Coin: ar

Museum number:
8-5532
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080005532
Accession number:
Acc.895
Description:
Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.69 grams, 25 mm. 310-304 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΚΟΡΑΣ, head of Kore r. Reverse: ΛΓΑΟΟΚΑΕΙΟΣ, Nike at trophy, Triskeles to right of trophy Remarks: “Euboic-Attic Standard” "(green coppery discoloration, and a “pinhole”, on the Nike)
Donor:
University of California Library
Culture or time period:
Greek Hellenistic Period (323–30 BC)
Collector:
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Nike (Greek diety) and Persephone (Greek deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Tetradrachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers and 7.6 Bogus Currency
Production date:
310-304 BC
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-5532, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.69 grams, 25 mm. 310-304 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΚΟΡΑΣ, head of Kore r. Reverse: ΛΓΑΟΟΚΑΕΙΟΣ, Nike at trophy, Triskeles to right of trophy Remarks: “Euboic-Attic Standard” "(green coppery discoloration, and a “pinhole”, on the Nike)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-5532, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.69 grams, 25 mm. 310-304 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΚΟΡΑΣ, head of Kore r. Reverse: ΛΓΑΟΟΚΑΕΙΟΣ, Nike at trophy, Triskeles to right of trophy Remarks: “Euboic-Attic Standard” "(green coppery discoloration, and a “pinhole”, on the Nike)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-5532, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.69 grams, 25 mm. 310-304 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΚΟΡΑΣ, head of Kore r. Reverse: ΛΓΑΟΟΚΑΕΙΟΣ, Nike at trophy, Triskeles to right of trophy Remarks: “Euboic-Attic Standard” "(green coppery discoloration, and a “pinhole”, on the Nike)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-5532, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.69 grams, 25 mm. 310-304 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΚΟΡΑΣ, head of Kore r. Reverse: ΛΓΑΟΟΚΑΕΙΟΣ, Nike at trophy, Triskeles to right of trophy Remarks: “Euboic-Attic Standard” "(green coppery discoloration, and a “pinhole”, on the Nike)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-5532, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.69 grams, 25 mm. 310-304 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΚΟΡΑΣ, head of Kore r. Reverse: ΛΓΑΟΟΚΑΕΙΟΣ, Nike at trophy, Triskeles to right of trophy Remarks: “Euboic-Attic Standard” "(green coppery discoloration, and a “pinhole”, on the Nike)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-5532, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.69 grams, 25 mm. 310-304 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΚΟΡΑΣ, head of Kore r. Reverse: ΛΓΑΟΟΚΑΕΙΟΣ, Nike at trophy, Triskeles to right of trophy Remarks: “Euboic-Attic Standard” "(green coppery discoloration, and a “pinhole”, on the Nike)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-5532, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.69 grams, 25 mm. 310-304 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΚΟΡΑΣ, head of Kore r. Reverse: ΛΓΑΟΟΚΑΕΙΟΣ, Nike at trophy, Triskeles to right of trophy Remarks: “Euboic-Attic Standard” "(green coppery discoloration, and a “pinhole”, on the Nike)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar, accession number 8-5532, described as Coin; AR; Tetradrachm; Greek. 13.69 grams, 25 mm. 310-304 BC. Syracuse, Sicily. Obverse: ΚΟΡΑΣ, head of Kore r. Reverse: ΛΓΑΟΟΚΑΕΙΟΣ, Nike at trophy, Triskeles to right of trophy Remarks: “Euboic-Attic Standard” "(green coppery discoloration, and a “pinhole”, on the Nike)

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