| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 645 Price realized: 17,000 CHF (Approx. 19,325 USD / 17,947 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. Dekadrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 43.01 g, 11 h), signed by Euainetos, circa 405-400. Charioteer driving quadriga galloping to left, holding the reins with his left hand and kentron in his right; above, Nike flying right, crowning the charioteer with a wreath; in exergue, on two slightly raised lines, shield, pair of greaves, cuirass and crested helmet; below, [ΑΘΛΑ]. Rev. [ΣΥΡΑ]Κ[ΟΣΙΩΝ] Head of Arethusa to left, wearing wreath of reeds, triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace; around, four dolphins; below the dolphin swimming under Arethusa's neck, signature [ΕΥΑΙΝΕ]. Boston MFA 424 (same dies). Dewing 893-895 (same dies). Gallatin O. VI-R.C. XIV. SNG ANS 369 (same dies). A beautifully toned and very well struck example without the usual die rust. Cleaning marks from removing horn silver, otherwise, extremely fine. From the T. Frisbie Collection, ex Leu 2, 11 May 2018, 64 and previously from the M.G. Collection, formed in the 1980s and 1990s. Starting price: 5000 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 32 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 365 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Greek SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. Dekadrachm (Silver, 35 mm, 43.35 g, 12 h), signed on both sides by the master engraver Kimon, circa 405-400. Quadriga racing to left, driven by a charioteer holding the reins in his left hand and a goad with his right; above, Nike flying right to crown the driver; below ground line [inscribed KIMΩN], panoply of arms arranged on two steps, the lower inscribed, [ΑΘΛΑ]. Rev. [ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩN] Head of Arethusa to left, wearing a single pendant earring and a pearl necklace, her hair bound in a net and with the hair band over her forehead inscribed Κ; swimming around her head, four dolphins: two opposed before her face, one, inscribed KIMΩN below the neck truncation, and one behind her head. HGC 2, 1298. BMFA 432, de Luynes 1243, Gulbenkian 303, Jameson 819 (same dies). Jongkees 3p (dies A/γ, this coin) = J. De Foville, Choix des monnaies grecques du Cabinet de France, RN 1913, pl. I, 173 (this coin). Kraay-Hirmer 118 and Rizzo pl. LII, 3 (same dies). A splendid example of one of Kimon's great masterpieces. With a head of Arethusa depicted as a woman of great power and character; very attractively toned. Tiny die break and slightly off-centre reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine. From an American collection, ex Triton XXV, 11 January 2022, 101, ex Morton & Eden 96, 24 October 2018, 316, Morton & Eden 66, 7 November 2013, 340, from the collection of D. Bérend and that of the Cabinet des Médailles of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, deaccessioned in Monnaies et Médailles XXV, 17 November 1962, 419. The dekadrachms of Kimon are among the most beautiful and powerful of all Greek coins. Kimon first portrayed Arethusa as a young and rather innocent looking girl (as Kraay/Hirmer 117) but he almost immediately altered his vision of Arethusa to one, as here, who has a fully adult, imperious beauty of great power. This change must have been made on the orders of Dionysios I, and it must reflect his own personal taste. Dionysios I had two wives, Doris and Andromache, whom he married on the same day, and it has been suggested that the two different heads on Kimon's dekadrachms are actually portraits of those two wives (the fact the youthful head was only used once, while the usual type, as the present example, was the standard issue, implies that one of the two was more powerful than the other). Starting price: 150000 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 648 Price realized: 480 CHF (Approx. 546 USD / 507 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. Hemilitron (Bronze, 17 mm, 3.35 g, 6 h), signed by Eu.... Head of Arethousa to left, with her hair bound by an ampyx in the front and a sphendone in the back; [to right, olive leaves]; artist's signature EY on ampyx. Rev. ΣY-PA Dolphin swimming to right above scallop shell. CNS II, 24 var. (unlisted signature). HGC 2, 1480. SNG ANS 415 ff. (unlisted signature). Very rare. A very attractive piece of lovely style. Nearly extremely fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 75 CHF |  |
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| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 646 Price realized: 1,875 CHF (Approx. 2,131 USD / 1,979 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23 mm, 17.10 g, 2 h), unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas, circa 399-387. Charioteer driving quadriga galloping to left, holding kentron in his right hand and reins in his left; above, Nike flying right, crowning the charioteer with a wreath; in exergue, dolphin to left. Rev. [ΣΥΡAKOΣI]ΩN Head of Arethousa to left, her hair bound with sphendone over which several tresses fly back; she wears a double hook earring and a plain necklace; around, four dolphins. De Luynes 1231 (same dies). Fischer-Bossert, Coins, 103 = Tudeer 103 (V35/R70). HGC 2, 1345. Hunterian 62 (same dies). Lightly toned and of very attractive style. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die and with very minor deposits, otherwise, very fine. From the T. Frisbie Collection, ex Astarte XI, 12-13 December 2002, 267. Starting price: 750 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 32 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 363 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: Greek SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 28 mm, 17.11 g, 11 h), signed by Eukleidas, 413-399. Fast quadriga to left, driven by Persephone, holding a torch in her right hand and the reins with her left; above, Nike flying right to crown her; in the exergue, barley ear to left. Rev. [ΣΥΡΑ]-ΚΟΣΙΟN Head of Athena facing, turned slightly to left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet, signed ΕVΚΛΕΙΔ on the bowl, a double-hook earring, and a necklace of pendant acorns with a gorgoneion medallion at the center; on the left and right two confronted dolphins. Fischer-Bossert 58.k (this coin). Rizzo pl. XLV, 4a, 5 (these dies). SNG Lloyd 1384 (same dies). Tudeer 58. Extremely rare. A magnificent, attractively toned, example of the master engraver Eukleidas's work. About extremely fine. From an American collection, and from the collection of the late Sheikh Saud Al-Thani, Numismatica Ars Classica 126, 17 November 2021, 43, and from the Prospero Collection, New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012, 178, ex Sternberg XVII, 9 May 1986, 65, Hess 251, 7 May 1981, 17, Birkler & Waddell 1, 7 December 1979, 55, Monnaies et Médailles 54, 26 October 1978, 116, Monnaies et Médailles 53, 29 November 1977, 39 and Hess-Leu [7], 16 April 1957, 109. Starting price: 150000 CHF |  |
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| Nomos AG > Auction 32 | Auction date: 8 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 366 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot | |
| Lot description: Greek SICILY. Syracuse. Dionysios I, 405-367 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 17.06 mm, 17.06 g, 8 h), unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas, circa 405-400. Charioteer, holding reins in both hands and kentron in his right [but mostly off the flan], driving a quadriga rushing to left, about to turn, the head of the third horse turned back to right; above, Nike flying right to crown the driver; in the exergue, dolphin leaping to left. Rev. Σ-Υ-ΡΑΚ-ΟΣΙΩ-N Head of Arethusa to left, wearing ampyx, double-spiral earring and simple necklace with a large pearl pendant; in the field to left, three dolphins: two swimming downwards and one upwards; to right, behind Arethusa's neck, dolphin swimming downwards. Fischer-Bossert/Tudeer 89 (O33/R61). HGC 2, 1345. SNG ANS 295-300. SNG Copenhagen 681 (same dies). Attractively toned with a beautiful portrait. Struck from a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise, extremely fine. Starting price: 4500 CHF |  |
