379, Lot: 49. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Hemidrachm or Litra (16mm, 2.00 g, 1h).
Obverse die signed by the artist E– (Euarchidas or Euainetos?). Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer; in exergue, E (faintly visible) between two dolphins confronted / Head of Arethusa right, hair in sphendone; two dolphins around. Boehringer,
Münzprägungen, pl. II, 18 (litra); HGC 2, 1367 (hemidrachm, Second Democracy). VF, some roughness. Rare with signature.
Ex Heritage 3030 (6 January 2014), lot 23700.