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E-Sale 29  27 August 2016
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Lot 37

Estimate: 75 GBP
Price realized: 85 GBP
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Sicily, Syracuse Æ Tetras. Time of Dionysios I, struck circa 405-367 BC. Signed by Euainetos (?). Head of Arethusa left; E behind / Octopus in shallow round incuse. Boehringer, Münzprägungen pl. III, 23; CNS 14; Favorito type 6 (c. 425-420 BC); SNG ANS 392 var. (E not noted); E. Favorito, "The Signed Bronzes of Syracuse," The Celator 10, 7 (July 1996), fig. 2. 2.66g, 14mm, 10h.

Good Very Fine. Rev. weakly struck.

Much debate has been had over the E on the obverse of this issue, though a general consensus has formed that it is an artists' signature, most likely that of the famous artist Euainetos.
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