About the Artwork
Coin of Syracus, Sicily
between 485 and 479 BCE
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Greek
Unknown
Silver
Overall (diam. x d): 1 × 3/16 inches (2.5 × 0.5 cm)
Numismatics
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Booth
66.536
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in Greek.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Booth
1966-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Grose. Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins, vol. I. Cambridge, 1923, p. 309, no. 2611, 2613 pl. 309, no. 8, 10.
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Greek, Coin of Syracus, Sicily, between 485 and 479 BCE, silver. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Booth, 66.536.
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