About This Artwork

Greek, minted in Syracuse, Sicily

Tetradrachm Portraying Persephone, 310-307 B.C.

Silver
Diam. 2.8 cm; 17.02 g
Obverse [in Greek]: "Koras"; "[coin of} Kore"
Reverse: around, "Agathokleios" [in Greek]; "[coin of] Agathocles"
Gift of Martin A. Ryerson, 1922.4908

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 155, 1994 - present.

Houston, TX, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston"The Centaur’s Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art" 22 February – 16 May 2004.