Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting a Biga of Mules

Art Institute of Chicago

Tetradrachm (Coin) Depicting a Biga of Mules

Greek; Messina, Sicily

Date
476-396 BCE
Medium
Silver
Culture
Messina
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

The front of this coin depicts the figure of Victory in a type of chariot, called a biga, which is being pulled by mules. On the back a hare runs to the right.

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