Signed by Eumenes

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 300. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $7400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.21 g, 1h). Reverse die signed by Eumenes. Struck circa 415-405 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer / Diademed head of Arethusa left; EVMHNOV below truncation, four dolphins around. Tudeer 19 (dies 8/12); SNG ANS 256; BMC 141; de Luynes 1180; Ward 275 (all from the same dies). Near EF, attractively toned, slightly off center. Excellent clear signature.