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Tetradrachm (coin); obverse: Long-Eared Leaping Hair with Dolphin Below; reverse: Nymph Messana Guiding Quadriga

date

about 425 BCE-421 BCE

creation place

Europe, Italy, Sicily

medium & support

Silver

measurements

1 x 1 x 1/8 in. (2.54 x 2.54 x 0.32 cm)

credit line

Gift of Ned H. and Gloria Griner

accession number

2000.017.016

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