Obverse: Quadriga, with small horses walking briskly to left; near pair of horses advanced beyond far ones; charioteer bends forward, holding goad in extended right hand and three reins in left. Nike flies right to crown him with branch. Ground line dotted. In exergue a cock to left. Border of...
Provenance
By date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1900: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Greek, Early Classical Period, 472–450 B.C.
Mint
Himera, Sicily
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0254.
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 17.20 gm.
Accession Number
00.99
Medium or Technique
Silver