Bertolami Fine Art
Auction 12 29-30 October 2014
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Sicily, Tetradrachm, Motya, c. 405-397 BC; AR (g 17,40; mm 24; h 3); Head of nymph Arethusa l., in style of Kimon, wearing sakkos, earrings and necklace; around, four dolphins. Dotted border, Rv. Crab. Jenkins 47; SNG Copenhagen 481; SNG ANS 501.
Rare, old cabinet tone, extremely fine.
Apparently the entire production of the city of Motya took place before its destruction by Dionysos, tyrant of Syracuse in 397 BC, in a very limited time span of about 30 years. Right between 400 and 397 BC the city coined a lot of tetradrachms and didrachms, adopting a new type of obverse, with a female head that is very close to the style of the engraver Kimon of Kimon.
Rare, old cabinet tone, extremely fine.
Apparently the entire production of the city of Motya took place before its destruction by Dionysos, tyrant of Syracuse in 397 BC, in a very limited time span of about 30 years. Right between 400 and 397 BC the city coined a lot of tetradrachms and didrachms, adopting a new type of obverse, with a female head that is very close to the style of the engraver Kimon of Kimon.