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Session Four - Tuesday, September 2, 2014 10:00 AM
R
ARE
R
HEGION
S
ILVER
T
ETRADRACHM
,
CA
. 425-420 BC
Enlargement
1504
Bruttium, Rhegion. Silver Tetradrachm (16.9g), ca. 425-420 BC
. Lion's head facing; in right field, olive spray with leaf and olive.
Reverse:
-
-
-
(retrograde), Iokastos seated left, holding kantharos and staff; below chair, coiled serpent; all within olive wreath. Her-
zfelder grp. III/2, 59 (D34/R49); BMC 14 (same dies); SNG Lloyd 684 (same rev. die); de Luynes 790 (same rev. die); HN Italy 2491.
Very
Rare.
Uncleaned with original deep patination.
Extremely Fine/ Very Fine
.
Iokastos was one of six sons of Aiolos, the king of the winds who sent each of his sons west to carve their own domains out of the lands of
Italy and Sicily, and was the mythic founder, or
oikistes,
of Rhegion. He reportedly died of snakebite, and it is the coiled serpent under the
chair on this coin which originally led to the seated figure's identification as Iokastos. The olive spray in the obverse field and the enclosing
olive wreath on the reverse refer to Rhegion's alliance with Athens during this period, when the city provided a base for the twenty triremes
under the Athenian general Lachares, who was aiding the Leontinoi in their fight against Syracuse.
Estimated Value ..................................................................................................................................................................... $7,500-UP
1505
Sicily, Panormos. Punic Occupation. Silver Tetradrachm
(16.4g), ca. 415-300 BC
. Struck ca. 405-390/80 BC. Chario-
teer, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping quadriga left;
above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath; in
exergue, Punic legend 'SYS'
Reverse:
Female head right with
rolled hair in ampyx, wearing triple-pendant earring; around, six
dolphins, one dolphin appearing from below neck. Jenkins 15
(O4/R13); SNG Lloyd 1582 (same obv. die); Hess-Leu 1960, 103
(same rev. die); HGC 2, 1005.
Very Rare.
Uncleaned with uni-
form dark patination as found.
Very Fine or better
.
Estimated Value ..............................................$2,500 - 3,000
1506
Sicily, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. Fourée Tet-
radrachm (14.6 g), 485-466 BC
. Struck under Gelon I, ca.
480-478 BC. Charioteer, holding reigns and kentron, driving
slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right crowning horses
with wreath.
Reverse:
VR
-
-
, diademed head of Are-
thusa right, wearing pearl necklace; around, four dolphins
clockwise. Boehringer series Viiia, 107 (V49/R73); Randazzo
grp. 3, 263-4 (same dies); SNG ANS -. A pleasing example with
light greyish toning.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimated Value ..............................................$2,000 - 2,500
1507
Sicily, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. Silver Tet-
radrachm (17.22 g), 485-466 BC
. Under Hieron I, ca. 475-
470 BC. Charioteer, holding reigns and kentron, driving slow
quadriga right; above, Nike flying right crowning horses with
wreath.
Reverse:
V-R
-
-
(N retrograde), diademed
head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl necklace; around, four
dolphins clockwise. Boehringer series VIiia, 107 (V49/R73);
Randazzo grp. 3, 463-4 (same obv. die); SNG ANS -. Toned and
well-centered.
NGC grade Choice Very Fine; Strike: 4/5,
Surface: 4/5.
Estimated Value ..............................................$1,500 - 2,000
Ex Sternberg XX (20 April 1988), 350
.
