The New York Sale 2026 Ancient & World

Well-pedigreed Signed Syracusan Tetradrachm

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1009 Sicily. Syracuse. Silver Tetradrachm (17.25 g), ca. 415-405 BC. Signed by Eumenes and/or Eukleidas on both sides. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast quadriga left, Victory flying right above crowning him with a wreath held in both hands, EV below, two dolphins confronted in exergue. Reverse: ΣYPAKOΣIO-N (the N retrograde), diademed head of Arethusa left, wearing earring and necklace, EV behind neck below, four dolphins around. SNG ANS 263; Tudeer 32. Pearlescent charcoal-gray tone over old graffito ‘A’ on obverse. Choice Very Fine.

$5,000

Ex Leu Auction 79, Zürich, October 31, 2000, lot 422 Ex Walter Niggeler Collection, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, Basel, December 3, 1965, lot 156; Ex Ars Classica Auction XII, Geneva, October 18, 1926, lot 916, Ex T. Virzi Collection, Hirsch Auction XXXIII, Munich, November 17, 1913, lot 458

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