Only One Recorded by Tudeer
Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 303. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009. Sold For $3090. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.04 g, 1h).
Dies in the style of Parmenides. Struck circa 415-405 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; [grain ear in exergue] / Diademed head of Arethusa left; four dolphins around. Tudeer 76 (dies 27/52); SNG ANS 285 (same dies); Du Chastel 115 (same dies). VF, lightly toned, minor double strike on reverse. Very rare die combination, only one recorded by Tudeer.
Ex New York Sale V (16 January 2003), lot 50.