Tetradrachm

Inscriptions

Obverse: Beaded diademed head of Arethusa right; no earring, beaded necklace; hair indicated by lines, waved in front and turned up behind under diadem over which the ends fall; around four dolphins, bellies inwards; EV*R(upside down)*AKOIoN(backwards) inwards right starting at mouth in circle outside around head, inside dolphins Reverse: Walking quadriga right driven by bearded (worn) charioteer; goad whip in right hand, reins in left; Nike with wings spread behind right crowning horses; plain exergue; dotted border

Course History

CLST 11.19/HIST 94.16, Roman Coins as Text, Roberta Stewart, Winter 2022

Classical Studies 11.02, Rediscovering Sparta, Paul Christesen, Summer 2023

Greek 1.01, Introductory Greek, Alexandra Schultz, Winter 2024

Exhibition History

The Age of the Marvelous, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 21-November 24, 1991; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 25-March 22, 1992; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, May 24-August 25, 1992; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6, 1992-January 3, 1993, naturalia no. n395.

Provenance

Glenn Babbitt; given to present collection, 1974.

Catalogue Raisonne

Kraay, pl. 1; Grose, Vol. I: pl. 90.12; BMC, Sicily: nos. 67, 71, p. 154

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