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Session Five - Tuesday, February 14th 10:00am PST
Enlargement
1542 Sicily, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. Silver Litra (0.57 g), 485-466 BC
. Under Hieron I, ca. 470-466 BC.
VR
(R retrograde), dia-
demed head of Arethusa right.
Reverse:
Octopus. Boehringer series XIIib, 460 (V244/R330); SNG ANS 137-43. Lightly toned.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value .............................................................................................................................................................................$250 - 300
From the Hanbery Collection.
Enlargement
1543 Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy. Silver Tetradrachm (17.03 g), 466-405 BC
.
Obverse die signed by Euainetos, reverse die signed by
Eumenes.
Ca. 413-405 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, holding wreath in both
hands, from which hangs tablet inscribed [E]YAIN/[ETO] in two lines; in exergue, two dolphins confronted.
Reverse:
[
YPAKO
I
]N, head of
Arethusa left, wearing earring and necklace, hair bound in sakkos; below, EVMH-NOY; around, four dolphins. Tudeer 45 (V14/R27); SNG ANS 272
(same dies); du Chastel 108 (same dies); Gulbenkian 278 (same dies); BMC 50 (same dies).
Rare signed tetradrachm
.
Very Fine
.
Estimate Value ....................................................................................................................................................................... $1,500 - 2,000
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Purchased privately from NFA in the 1980s.
The signed tetradrachms of Syracuse are counted among some of the most desired coins struck in the Classical period. This is due not only to the
high quality of the engraving, which produced beautiful and often technically complex portraits of Arethusa as well as action-packed scenes of
chariot racing, but to the direct connection established between the possessor of the coin and its creator through the medium of the signature.
Enlargement
1544 Sicily, Syracuse. Second Democracy. Silver Tetradrachm (16.81 g), 466-405 BC
. Ca. 450 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driv-
ing slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath; in exergue, ketos right.
Reverse:
YRAKO
I-O-N, diademed head
of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, hair bound with single thin diadem and rolled in the back; four dolphins around.
Boehringer series XV, 504 (V267/R360); SNG ANS 160 (same obv. die). Uncleaned with original silver chloride patination.
Choice Very Fine
.
Estimate Value .............................................................................................................................................................................$500 - 600