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Buy or Bid Sale 198  7 July 2016
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Lot 47

Starting price: 2030 USD
Price realized: 1900 USD
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Sicily, Syracuse, Eukleidas Signature off-flan; c. 399-387 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.93g. Tudeer-88 (33/60). Obv: Quadriga driven l. by bearded charioteer, above Nike flying r. to crown horses; dolphin l. in exergue. Rx: Head of Arethusa r., wearing pearl headband and pearl necklace, hair tucked up behind under headband, artist's signature EYKΛEI on unfurled roll below neck (off-flan),four dolphins around (one off-flan).This is a highly desirable type that shows Arethusa underwater with her hair floating up, presumably in reference to the seawater that surrounded Syracuse where it was originally founded on an island before it moved to land. Of the twelve reverse dies bearing this interesting type, ours is the only one that was signed by Eukleidas, but unfortunately the signature is off-flan on this specimen. With a few isolated shallow pits This is a highly desirable type that shows Arethusa underwater with her hair floating up presumably in reference to the seawater that surrounded Syracuse where it was originally founded on an island before it moved to land. Of the twelve reverse dies bearing this interesting type ours is the only one that was signed by Eukleidas but unfortunately the signature is off-flan on this specimen. With a few isolated shallow pits. Good VF (2900)
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