Ex Gillet, Jameson, Philipsen, and Maddalena
Tudeer and Rizzo Plate Coin

Triton XVIII, Lot: 391. Estimate $3000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.17 g, 4h). Unsigned dies in the style of Euainetos. Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands; ΣYPAKOΣIΩ[N] in exergue / Head of Arethousa left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and pearl necklace; four swimming dolphins around. Tudeer 106a (dies 37/73) = Rizzo pl. XLVIII, 18 = Gillet 669 = Jameson 831 (this coin); HGC 2, 1347 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS –; SNG Ashmolean –; SNG Lloyd –; Basel –; Boston MFA –; Dewing –; Gulbenkian 300 (same dies). VF, light iridescent toning, a few faint marks under tone. Very rare issue in the style of Euainetos’ dekadrachms.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 258; Numismatica Ars Classica 10 (9 April 1997), lot 157; Charles Gillet Collection, 669; Robert Jameson Collection, 831; Gustav Philipsen Collection (J. Hirsch XV, 29 November 1909), lot 1183; Maddalena Collection (Sambon & Canessa, 7 May 1903), lot 652.