Tetradrachm
94-27-21
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 94-27-21 |
| Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Greek |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Manufacture Location | Messana |
| Period | Classical Greek Period |
| Date Made | 430 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Silver |
| Iconography | Biga | Donkey | Woman | Rabbit | Dolphin |
| Inscription Language | Greek Language |
| Description | Obverse: Biga of mules moving r. driven by a standing female charioteer (city-goddess Messana);ASAN above mules; SEM at r. of mules; in exergue two opposed dolphins. Reverse: MESSANI, above bounding rabbit; ON below rabbit, r. of leaping dolphin. |
| Outside Diameter | 2.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of L. Daniel Dannenbaum, 1994 |
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