Issuing authority

Syracuse

Kind: city-state
Region: Southern Europe, Europe

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

5 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

485 BC – 344 BC

5 entries with their own date

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Catalogue entries (5)

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Cleveland Museum of Art

ancient coins

Tetradrachm: Quadriga (obverse); Head of Artemis/Arethousa (Cleveland Museum of Art 1917.987)

485–478 BCE

Cleveland Museum of Art object 1917.987: Tetradrachm: Quadriga (obverse); Head of Artemis/Arethousa (reverse), 485–478 BCE. Greek, minted at Syracuse (Sicily). Silver; diameter: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.). Inscribed: [ΣΥΡΑΚ] - ΟΣΙΟ[Ν] (Of the Syracusans). It is catalogued in the museum's Greek and Roman Art department unde…

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Cleveland Museum of Art

ancient coins

Tetradrachm: Quadriga (obverse); Head of Arethousa (Cleveland Museum of Art 1916.976)

c. 467–440 BCE

On the obverse of this highly symbolic coin is the head of Arethousa, a local goddess of Syracuse who fled from mainland Greece and arose on the site as a freshwater fountain. Four dolphins swim around her, suggesting Syracuse’s humble beginnings as a small island colony. On the reverse, a racing four-horse chariot…

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Partial type record

Cleveland Museum of Art

ancient coins

Tetradrachm: Quadriga (obverse); Head of Arethousa (Cleveland Museum of Art 1916.980)

c. 430–420 BCE

The rightmost horse of a chariot team dominates the obverse of this coin, while the other three are suggested only by contours. On the reverse, four dolphins should surround Arethousa, but poor positioning during the striking process has left off one and most of another. The lumps around the horses’ front legs sugge…

Documented

Partial type record

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

ancient coins

Obol (?) of Syracuse, 400–300 BC

400–300 BC

Bronze coin. Obverse: laureate head of Jupiter facing right. Reverse: eagle with spread wings on a thunderbolt facing left. In the field a star. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0008; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diamet…

Documented

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Cleveland Museum of Art

ancient coins

Two Litrae: Janiform Head (obverse); Horse (Cleveland Museum of Art 1917.986)

344–317 BCE

Cleveland Museum of Art object 1917.986: Two Litrae: Janiform Head (obverse); Horse (reverse), 344–317 BCE. Greek, minted at Syracuse (Sicily). Silver; diameter: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.). Inscribed: ΣΥΡ[ΑΚΟΣΙOΝ] (Of the Syracusans). It is catalogued in the museum's Greek and Roman Art department under Coins. Credit line: G…

Documented

Partial type record

Dated entries by century

5th century BC3
4th century BC2

Only the 5 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

Silver4
Bronze1

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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