Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting Quadriga and Charioteer

Art Institute of Chicago

Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting Quadriga and Charioteer

Greek

Date
460-430 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Greece
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front (obverse) of this coin depicts a quadriga (four-horse chariot) driven by a charioteer (who is very obscure). Nike flies above to right crowing horses. The back (reverse) depicts th forepart of a manheaded bull with mustache, beard, and horns and a bulls ear, swimming to the right.

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Object type
AAT300037334

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