| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 73 Price realized: 32,500 USD (Approx. 29,767 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.36 g, 12h). Unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas. Struck circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands; in exergue, grain ear left / Large head of Arethousa right, hair in ampyx and sphendone decorated with stars, wearing double hoop earring and necklace with six pendants; [ΣYP]-A-KO[Σ]-IΩ-N and four dolphins around. Fischer-Bossert, Coins 63b (O22/R41) = Tudeer 63h = Jameson 839 (this coin); HGC 2, 1339; SNG Lloyd 1386 (same dies); BMC 221 (same dies); Boston MFA 414 = Warren 382 (same dies); Gillet 632 and 634 (same dies); Gulbenkian 285 (same dies); Pozzi 621 (same dies); Rizzo pl. XLVII, 10 (same dies). Attractively toned, traces of overstriking on obverse, diagnostic die break on reverse. Near EF. From the Hydrologist Collection. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 252; Robert Jameson Collection (publ. 1913); Prince Chachowsky Collection (Egger [20], 7 January 1908), lot 108; Albéric Paul Edouard, comte du Chastel de la Howardries Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 27 May 1889), lot 79. Estimate: 15000 USD |  |
