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Triton XXV 11-12 Jan 2022
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SICILY, Katane. Circa 412-410 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.58 g, 7h). Dies in the style of Prokles. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with wreath held in her extended hands; KA-TA-[NAION] to right and in exergue / Head of Amenanos right, wearing tainia; two fish flanking, crayfish to lower right, AMENAN-[OΣ] around. Mirone 80; HGC 2, –; Basel 332 = SNG Lockett 732 = Weber 1271. Find patina, small edge chip, minor die breaks, light cleaning marks on reverse. VF. Extremely rare with head right, missing from most published collections.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica R (17 May 2007), lot 1064; Numismatica Ars Classica H (30 April 1998), lot 1149; Sternberg XXXI (27 October 1996), lot 535.
As with the unsigned litrai and unique hemidrachm (see previous lot) of this period, the drachms also have a style that is consistent with the contemporary tetradrachms signed by the artist Prokles.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica R (17 May 2007), lot 1064; Numismatica Ars Classica H (30 April 1998), lot 1149; Sternberg XXXI (27 October 1996), lot 535.
As with the unsigned litrai and unique hemidrachm (see previous lot) of this period, the drachms also have a style that is consistent with the contemporary tetradrachms signed by the artist Prokles.