Triton XVII, Lot: 69. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.37 g, 8h).
Obverse die signed by Euainetos, reverse die signed by Eumenes. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, holding wreath in both hands, from which hangs tablet inscribed EYAIN/ETO in two lines; two dolphins confronted in exergue / Diademed head of Arethusa left, wearing hoop earring and necklace; EVMHNOV below, ΣVPA-KOΣIΩN and four dolphins around. Tudeer 43 (dies 14/25); HGC 2, 1332; SNG ANS 270; BMC 148-9; Boston MFA 408 = Warren 375; Dewing 845; de Luynes 1204; Ward 279 (all from the same dies). VF, lightly toned.
Ex Gemini VI (10 January 2010), lot 40.