SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 17.31 g, 7 h), signed by the engravers Eumenes on obverse and Eukleidas on the reverse, circa 400 BC. Quadriga galloping to left with its male driver, holding the reins with both hands and a goad in his right, crowned by Nike, flying to right above, with a wreath held in both of her hands; in the exergue, ΕYΜΗΝΟY. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟ[ΣΙΟΝ] Head of Arethusa to right, her hair bound tightly around her head, wearing a double-curved earring and a simple necklace with a pendant; below chin, EYKΛ/EIΔA in two lines on diptych; around head, four dolphins swimming, two clockwise, and two anticlockwise. BMC 193. HGC 2, 1328. Rizzo pl 42, 13. SNG ANS 259. SNG Lloyd 1368 ( same dies ). SNG ANS 259. Tudeer (FB) 24e (V9/R16, this coin ). Good very fine.
From the Collection I, USA, acquired from Leu Numismatics, Zurich, in January 2006.
Artistic dies signed by Eumenes and Eukleidas
Price realized | 8'500 CHF |
Starting price | 4'000 CHF |
Estimate | 5'000 CHF |