CNG 102, Lot: 150. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.69 g, 4h).
Reverse die signed by Eumenes. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer / Head of Arethousa left; EVMHNOV 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). VF, toned, some roughness. Clear signature.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, 20 January 2004.