Tetradrachm
94-27-17
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 94-27-17 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Greek |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Leontini |
| Period | Classical Greek Period |
| Date Made | 475 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Silver |
| Iconography | Quadriga | Horses | Nike | Youth | Lion |
| Inscription Language | Greek Language |
| Description | Obverse: Quadriga moving r. on dotted ground line, with prancing horses; Nike flies r. above, crowning horses; dotted border. Reverse: Roaring lion's head, looking r., surrounded on four sides by 4 grains of barley; all are enci rcled by an inscription, LEONTINON, NON over the lion's head, LE r. of the lion's open mouth, ON below the lion's jaws, IN l. of the lion's head. |
| Outside Diameter | 2.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of L. Daniel Dannenbaum, 1994 |
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