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Greek, South Italian, Campanian
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In the tondo, in relief, cast of tetradrachm from Syracuse with head of Arethusa
Syracuse, the most important Greek city in Sicily, issued an extraordinarily beautiful series of coins—silver tetradrachms—from the late sixth through third century B.C. They bore the head of Arethusa, the personification of a famous freshwater spring in the city.
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Title: Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)
Period: Classical
Date: 4th century BCE
Culture: Greek, South Italian, Campanian
Medium: Terracotta; black-glaze
Dimensions:
2 1/8in. (5.4cm)
Other: 4 7/8in. (12.4cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
Object Number: 10.210.16
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