SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.88 g, 6h). Unsigned dies. Struck circa 406-405 BC. VF.

CNG Feature Auction 126
Lot: 68.
Closing Date: May 29 2024 11:00 ET

Greek, Silver

Estimate: $ 2 000

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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.88 g, 6h). Unsigned dies. Struck circa 406-405 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; in exergue, grain ear left / Head of Arethousa left, hair in sphendone; four dolphins around. Fischer-Bossert, Coins 84n (V31/R56) = Comte. A. Du Chastel de la Howardries, Syracuse, ses monnaies d’Argent et d’or au point de vue artistique. La coiffure antique et ses développements successifs (London, 1898), pl. 15, 81bis (this coin); Tudeer 84; HGC 2, 1342; SNG Fitzwilliam 1250 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 1395 (same dies); Dewing 851 (same dies); Gulbenkian 294 (same dies); Morgan 148 (same dies). Old cabinet tone, with some iridescence, light roughness, minor scratches. VF.

From the Hesiod Collection. Ex White Rose Collection (Spink 23106, 19 April 2023), lot 7722 (erronously noted as being signed by Parmenides); J. Hirsch XVI (5 December 1906), lot 293.


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