Two Tetradrachms Signed by Eumenes

CNG 99, Lot: 35. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.25 g, 12h). Reverse die signed by Eumenes. Struck circa 415-405 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath / Head of Arethousa left, wearing earring and necklace; ΣYPAKOΣIO-И above, EVMHNO[V] below; four dolphins around. Tudeer 19 (V8/R12); HGC 2, 1328; SNG ANS 256; BMC 141; de Luynes 1180; Ward 275 (all from the same dies). Good VF, lightly toned, small deposit on reverse.