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Accession_Number L.2005.7.6
Shape Coin
Shape_description Round
Material Alloy
Fabric
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Decoration Obv: Female head, wearing pendant earring and necklace, hair tied back and up; four dolphins. Rev: Quadriga (four-horse chariot), Nike flying above to crown charioteer; dolphin below.
Inscriptions Obv.: ?????…
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Technique/Style Electrotype
Provenance Copy of a silver coin (tetradrachm) from Syracuse, Sicily, 405 – 395 BC, now in the British Museum
Period Modern
Date 20 c. AD
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2006.98.0011.jpg
View of obverse and reverse of coin.
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Location Greece
Edited_by Amy Smith
Date_edited 29.10.06
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