CoinsGreek5th century BCE

Decadrachm of Syracuse

405 - 400 BCE

Artists

EuainetosArtist

Description

obv: Quadriga, driver crowned by Victory; panoply resting on step inscribed ATHL[A]. rev: SYRAKOSION; head of Artemis-Arethusa surrounded by dolphins; below neck., EYAINE.

Classification

Coins

Technique

Struck

Medium

Silver

Culture

Greek

Period

Classical period, High

Century

5th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

43.00 g

Provenance

George Sparkes, Bromley, UK (by 1878), sold [1]; [through Sotheby, London, “Sparkes sale,” February 2-3, 1880, lot 250]; to William Chadwick Neligan [2], Cork, sold; [through Sotheby, London, “Neligan sale,” November, 10-14, 1881, lot 267]. Hermann Weber [3], London (by 1918), sold; to [Spink, London]. Frederick M. Watkins [4], New Haven, CT (by 1972), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum (1972) 1. George Sparkes ( -1878) 2. From annotated version of the 1880 auction catalogue. 3. Hermann Weber (1823-1918). The coin was published as L. Forrer, The Weber Collection, vol. 1 (London, Spink and son, 1922), no. 1614. 4. Frederick M. Watkins (1910-1972).