Watch List notes:

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.23 g, 7h). Obverse die signed by Eumenes, reverse die signed by Eukleidas. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in extended right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands; EV below; in exergue, dolphin and tunny right / Diademed head of Arethusa left, wearing hoop earring and pearl necklace; ΣVPAKOΣIOΣ above, EVKΛ/EIΔA in two lines on diptych below chin, four dolphins around. Tudeer 30 (dies 11/16); HGC 2, 1328; Basel 457; Gulbenkian 275; Kraay & Hirmer 99; Rizzo pl. XLII, 16 (all from the same dies). VF, toned, a couple light scratches under tone.


Ex Waddell inventory 24117 (December 1997).