327, Lot: 559. Estimate $200. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 3.80 g, 2h).
Dies signed by Eumenes. Struck circa 413-405 BC. The warrior Leukaspis advancing right, holding shield and sword; EY in exergue / Head of Arethusa right, four dolphins around; EY to right. Baldus 3–5 (dies B/3); HGC 2, 1362; Rizzo pl. XLII, 9 = de Luynes 1253 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 2011 (same dies); SNG Fitzwilliam 1257 (same dies). Good Fine, toned, porous, scuff on reverse. Rare.
From the Continental Collection.