Signed by Parmenides

Triton XIX, Lot: 54. Estimate $40000. Sold for $37500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.36 g, 10h). Reverse die signed by Parmenides. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands; detached chariot wheel below; in exergue, grain ear left / Head of Arethousa left, hair in ornate ampyx, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; [ΣYPAKOΣIΩN above], ΠAPME below; four dolphins around, one emanating from below her neck. Kreutzer Parme I a = Tudeer 71 (dies 49/25); HGC 2, 1342; SNG ANS 287 (same rev. die); Basel 472 (same rev. die); BMC 212 (same rev. die); Boston MFA 416 = Warren 378 (same rev. die); Hunterian 65 (same dies); Jameson 836 (same rev. die); Nanteuil 366 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XLVII, 17 = Naples 5327 (same dies). EF, toned, a few insignificant die flaws on reverse. Very rare, only ten examples listed by Kreutzer, and just two in CoinArchives.

Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA V (3 December 2008), lot 43.