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ID number: BIRBI-G0002 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Maker: Gelon; Syracuse Denomination: Tetradrachm Place made: Sicily: Syracuse Culture: Greek Date made: 474 BC-450 BC Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.60 Weight (g): 17.01 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Bt Numismatica Ars Classica Auction D, 2-3 March 1994, lot 1256, through the P. D. Whitting Fund (PDWF no. 54) |

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Description: Obverse: quadriga right, horses crowned by Nike. Reverse: head of Arethusa right
Inscriptions: Reverse: ΣΥRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ (Syracuse)
Bibliography: Cf. Seaby 924
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2 Related People |
| Syracuse Greek; Roman; Byzantine
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| Gelon Greek c. 540 BC 478 BC
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