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Nomos 22

22 June 2021
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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Estimate: 5000 CHF
Hammer Price:  13000 CHF
Lot 56
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SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 17.25 g, 9 h), signed by the artists Euth... on the obverse and Eumenes on the reverse, struck circa 413-399. Winged male charioteer driving fast quadriga to right; above, Nike flying left to crown him; in exergue, Skylla swimming to right, holding trident over her left shoulder and pointing, with her right hand, at a fish swimming to right before her; behind Skylla and above her tail, dolphin to right, before her to right, ΕΥΘ. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of Arethusa to left, her hair bound in a sakkos tied over her forehead, wearing double-curved earring and a necklace of pearls; around, four dolphins, three swimming to left and one swimming downwards to right; below neck truncation, ΕΥΜΕ/ΝΟ-Υ. Fischer-Bossert/Tudeer 48. Rizzo pl. XLIII,10, SNG ANS 275 and SNG Munich 1060 (all from the same dies). Clear and well-centered. Obverse struck from a worn die, otherwise, about extremely fine.

From the Arethusa Collection, acquired in the 1980s and 1990s.

Online bidding closes: 22 Jun 2021, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 19 Apr 2024, 02:58:17 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:13000 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 22 Juni 2021 at 10:00 CEST. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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