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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Sicily. Syracuse. c. 410-400 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.79g. (5h). Obv: Prancing quadriga driven right by female charioteer holding reins and kentron; above, Nike flying left to crown her. Rev. ΣΥPAKO[ΣΙΩN] Head of Arethusa left. Around, four dolphins. Unique specimen. Tudeer 109a (this coin). It is quite remarkable that in the 99 years since its publication in Tudeer this coin has remained the only specimen recorded. Toned VF.
Ex MMAG List 565 (1993), lot 13. Ex Auctiones S.A. (1993), lot 133. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (1970), lot 69. Ex De Nanteuil Collection, lot 362. Ex Naville 4 (1922), lot 368. Ex Sotheby's (December 1907), Stanford, lot 47.
This is one of the rare contemporary imitations of Syracusan coins, made either by indigenous people (the Sicels) or by an irregular mint of the Syracusans themselves during the war against the Carthaginians, soon after 410 BC. Its good style points to the second option.
Ex MMAG List 565 (1993), lot 13. Ex Auctiones S.A. (1993), lot 133. Ex Hess-Leu 45 (1970), lot 69. Ex De Nanteuil Collection, lot 362. Ex Naville 4 (1922), lot 368. Ex Sotheby's (December 1907), Stanford, lot 47.
This is one of the rare contemporary imitations of Syracusan coins, made either by indigenous people (the Sicels) or by an irregular mint of the Syracusans themselves during the war against the Carthaginians, soon after 410 BC. Its good style points to the second option.