134, Lot: 18. Estimate $200. Sold for $415. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.08 g). Struck circa 415-405 BC.
Obverse and reverse dies signed by Eumenos. Charioteer driving racing quadriga left, holding kentron and reins; Nike flying above, crowning charioteer; dolphin chasing a fish in exergue; signature EV under horses / Head of Arethusa left, surrounded by four dolphins swimming; signature EV under truncation of neck. Tudeer 31 (V11/R21); SNG ANS 262 (same dies). Fine, toned, porous.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.