Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Auction 309 – Ancient Greek and Byzantine Coins Auction 309 – Session II
giovedì 26 settembre 2024 ore 14:30 (UTC +01:00)
Sicily, Syracuse, Second Democracy (466-405 BC), Tetradrachm; AR (16,80 g; 25,70 g)
Dies signed by Eumenes. Struck circa 415-409 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r., crowning charioteer; [E]VMHNOV in exergue; Rv. Head of Arethousa l., hair in band; EVMHN-OV behind neck, four dolphins swimming around. Fischer-Bossert, Coins 23 (V9/R16); Tudeer 23; HGC 2, 1328; SNG ANS 258 = Bement 494; SNG Lloyd 1367; SNG Lockett 961; BMC 144; Boston MFA 400 = Warren 370; Dewing 841; Gillet 611; Jameson 792. Some porosity, otherwise about extremely fine.
Ex Triton I (2-3 December 1997), lot 331. Ex Adolph Hess Auktion (14 April 1954), lot 64; Jameson Collection, no. 792; Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection.