Roma Numismatics

Auction XX  –  29 - 30 October 2020

Roma Numismatics, Auction XX

The G.T. Collection of the Twelve Caesars, Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine an...

Part 1: Th, 29.10.2020, from 11:00 AM CET
Part 2: Fr, 30.10.2020, from 11:00 AM CET
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Description

★ Dies signed by Euth(edemos?) and Eumenes ★

Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 415-406 BC. Dies signed by Euth(edemos?) on obverse and Eumenes on reverse. Nude Eros driving galloping quadriga to right, holding reins in both hands; above, Nike flying to left, crowning him with wreath and holding aphlaston; in exergue, Skylla swimming to right, holding trident over shoulder, flanked by EYΘ and fish to right and leaping dolphin to left / Grain-wreathed head of the nymph Arethusa to left, wearing looped earring and necklace with lion's head pendant; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ and four swimming dolphins around, EYM below. Tudeer 46 (V15/R28); Fischer-Bossert 46 (V15/R28); Gulbenkian 279 (same dies); BMC 153 (same dies) = Kraay & Hirmer 103 (same dies); SNG ANS 273 (same dies); HGC 2, 1334. 17.23g, 25mm, 9h.

Good Very Fine; some flatness on high points; both die engravers' signatures clearly visible.

From a private UK collection;
Ex CGB Numismatique, Mail Bid Sale 43, 29 April 2010, lot 35.

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Price realized 6'500 GBP
Starting price 4'500 GBP
Estimate 7'500 GBP
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