Silver dekadrachm

Attributed to Kimon
405–400 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 158
Of Syracuse; quadriga with Nike flying above; head of Arethusa with four dolphins around.

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  • Title: Silver dekadrachm
  • Artist: Attributed to Kimon
  • Period: Classical
  • Date: 405–400 BCE
  • Culture: Greek, Sicilian, Syracuse
  • Medium: Silver
  • Dimensions: diameter 1 7/16 in. (3.7 cm)
  • Classification: Coins
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1905
  • Object Number: 05.44.292
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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