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EXTREMELY RARE SYRACUSE TETRADRACHM - UNSIGNED by PARMENIDES


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EXTREMELY RARE SYRACUSE TETRADRACHM - UNSIGNED by PARMENIDES SICILY, SYRACUSE, AR TETRADRACHM SICILY, Syracuse, AR Tetradrachm (17.04 g, 1h). Struck circa 415-405 BC. Unsigned work by Parmenides. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; ear of grain in exergue / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ, Head of Arethusa right, wearing double-hook earring and necklace, hair in ampyx and sphendone decorated with stars. Tudeer 76 (dies 27/52); Rizzo pl. 47, 21 (obv. same die) and 22 (rev. same die); Du Chastel 115 (same dies). EXCELLENT STYLE - Beautiful Cabinet Tone. Good Very Fine. EXTREMELY RARE !!! ONLY A FEW (PROBABPLY 3) SPECIMENS KNOWN with this DIE COMBINATION - ONLY ONE RECORDED BY TUDEER !!! Ex. New York Sale V (16.01.2003), lot 50. Ex. CNG 82 (16.09.2009), lot 303. ---

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