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Maker(s):Agathokles (minted under)
Culture:Greek
Title:Tetradrachm of Agathokles
Date Made:Hellenistic Period; 310-305 BCE
Type:Coin/Numismatic
Materials:Silver (AG)
Place Made:Sicily, Syracuse, modern Italy
Measurements:24mm; 17.088g
Accession Number:  MH 2004.13.135
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of Nathan Whitman
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Head of Arethusa left, wearing wreath, pearl necklace, and triple-pendant earring. Hair is pulled up and back. NI monogram beneath neck truncation. Three dolphins circling. Dot border.
Reverse: Galloping quadriga left, with driver holding kentron in his right hand and the reins in his left, Triskeles above; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN. AI monogram in exergue.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; numismatics

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