Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 415-405 BC. Reverse die signed by Parmenides. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga to left; Nike flying above to right, grain ear in exergue / Head of Arethusa to left, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN above, ΠAPME below, four dolphins around, one emanating from below her neck. Kreutzer Parme I b; Tudeer 77 (V27/R49); Fischer-Bossert 77h (V27/R49 - this coin); SNG ANS 287; Basel 472; BMC 212-213; Boston MFA 416 = Warren 378; SNG Lockett 976; Jameson 836; Ward 297 (all from the same dies). 17.34g, 26mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine; an Arethusa portrait of great beauty with a clear signature, wonderful light cabinet tone with iridescent flashes. Very Rare.
This coin cited in W.R. Fischer-Bossert, Coins, Artists, and Tyrants: Syracuse in the Time of the Peloponnesian War (ANSNS 33, New York, 2017);
Ex David Walsh Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 77, 26 May 2014, lot 14;
Privately purchased in 2001;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group - Numismatica Ars Classica - Freeman & Sear, Triton II, 1 December 1998, lot 254;
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Inc., Auction XXVII, 4-5 December 1991, lot 28.
Near Extremely Fine; an Arethusa portrait of great beauty with a clear signature, wonderful light cabinet tone with iridescent flashes. Very Rare.
This coin cited in W.R. Fischer-Bossert, Coins, Artists, and Tyrants: Syracuse in the Time of the Peloponnesian War (ANSNS 33, New York, 2017);
Ex David Walsh Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 77, 26 May 2014, lot 14;
Privately purchased in 2001;
Ex Classical Numismatic Group - Numismatica Ars Classica - Freeman & Sear, Triton II, 1 December 1998, lot 254;
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Inc., Auction XXVII, 4-5 December 1991, lot 28.