Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 377. Estimate $15000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002. Sold For $21000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Circa 405-400 BC. Signed reverse die of Euainetos. AR Dekadrachm (42.67 gm). Charioteer driving galloping quadriga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; Nike flying above and crowning charioteer; below heavy exergual line: a military harness, shield, greaves, cuirass and Attic helmet all connected by a horizontal spear, [A
QLA] below / Wreathed head of Arethusa left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, surrounded by four dolphins swimming; [EY-AINE] below lower dolphin. Gallatin obv. R.VI / rev. C.XIV; SNG ANS 369 (same dies); Dewing 893-895 (same dies). Good VF, reverse slightly double struck. ($15,000)