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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2  6 January 2015
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Lot 384

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 6000 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.77 g, 2h). 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 Arethousa left, wearing hoop earring and pearl necklace; ΣYPAKOΣIOΣ above, EVKΛ/EIΔA in two lines on diptych below chin, four dolphins around. Tudeer 30 (dies 11/16); HGC 2, 1328; Basel 457 (this coin); Gillet 615; Gulbenkian 275; Kraay & Hirmer 99; Rizzo pl. XLII, 16 (all from the same dies). Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, some porosity.


From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Athos D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998), lot 457.
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