Tetradrachm

Features

Issuer	Syracuse (Sicily)
Period	Second Democracy (465 BC - 405 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	410 BC - 405 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (20)
Currency	Litra
Composition	Silver
Weight	17.02 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 408962
References	SNG ANS 5# 280 Denyse Bérend; 1988. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 5. Sicily 3 (Syracuse-Siceliotes). American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Ashmolean# 1999 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , Tudeer# 61 Lauri Oskar Theodor Tudeer; 1913. Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Syrakus in der Periode der signierenden Künstler = The Tetradrachm Coinage of Syracuse in the Period of the Signing Artists. Druck von W. Pormetter, Berlin, Germany. , Bossert Coins# 61 Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert, Ute Wartenberg, Ute Wartenberg (ed.), Orla Mulholland (trans.); 2017. Coins, Artists, and Tyrants / Volume 33: Syracuse in the Time of the Peloponnesian War. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States.

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Obverse

Fast quadriga left, driven by charioteer, holding long torch in right hand; above, Nike flying right, crowning the charioteer. In exergue, barley ear.

Engraver: Eukleidas (Εὑκλείδας)

Reverse

Head of Arethusa right, wearing earring and necklace, hair bound up in bun. Around, three dolphins and one swimming up from below neck.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN

Engraver: Eukleidas (Εὑκλείδας)

Mint

Syracuse, Italy

Comments

Unsigned but attributed to Eukleidas.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (410 BC - 405 BC)								$ 12 000

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale 2020 Lot 156	25 May 2020	XF	USD 15 218.21 (CHF 12 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	The New York Sale Auction 30 Lot 53	9 Jan 2013	XF	USD 5500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Monnaies et Médailles, List 457, July 1983, 3
© The New York Sale