Signed by Phrygillos and Euarchidas

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 110. Estimate $6000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $5200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.24 g, 8h). Dies signed by Phrygillos and Euarchidas. Struck circa 415-405 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; [EY]APXYΔA below horses, grain ear in exergue / Diademed head of Arethusa left, ΦPY on ampyx (faint); four dolphins around. Tudeer 54 (dies 33/18); SNG ANS 279 (same dies); SNG München 1061 (same dies). Good VF, toned. Excellent metal. Rare.

Ex Collection C.G. (Classical Numismatic Group 76/1, 12 September 2007), lot 157; Classical Numismatic Group 40 (with Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996), lot 870.