Rare Eumenes Drachm

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 306. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Drachm (4.17 g, 10h). Reverse die signed by Eumenes. Struck circa 415-413 BC. The hero Leukaspis advancing right, holding sword and shield / Head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around, V-Ǝ flanking neck. Baldus dies A/2; SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen 665 (same dies). VF, toned, cleaning marks and areas of porosity. Extremely rare.

Ex Collection C.G. (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 162; Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 277.