Two Examples of a Classical Masterpiece

Triton XVI, Lot: 212. Estimate $20000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Katane. Circa 412-403 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.33 g, 10h). Obverse die signed by Euainetos. Charioteer, holding goad in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga left, passing turn-post to right; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath in right hand and holding in left plaque inscribed [EY]AIN; crab in exergue / Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath; KATANAIΩN above, bell hanging on knotted cord to left, crawfish to right. Mirone 68; Rizzo pl. XIV, 6; SNG ANS 1260; SNG Lloyd 901; Basel 334; Gulbenkian 188-9; Jameson 550; Pozzi 965; Kraay & Hirmer 42 (all from the same dies). Good VF, toned. One of the classical masterpieces.

Ex Gemini II (10 January 2005), lot 24.