EXTREMELY RARE SYRACUSE TETRADRACHM - UNSIGNED by EUKLEIDAS (?)
EXTREMELY RARE SYRACUSE TETRADRACHM - UNSIGNED by EUKLEIDAS (?)
SICILY, SYRACUSE, AR TETRADRACHM
Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm (17.37 g, 25mm, 2h). Struck circa 405-399 BC. Unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas - apparently his unsigned work. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; ear of grain in exergue / ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ, Head of Arethusa left, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace, hair in ampyx and sphendone decorated with stars.
Tudeer 83; Dewing Coll. 850.
EXCELLENT STYLE - Extremely Fine.
EXTREMELY RARE !!! ONLY A FEW SPECIMENS KNOWN !!!
Ex. Auction KPM 44, 1993, 24.
Ex. Dr. Busso PEUS Nachf. 380 (03.11.2004), Lot 253.
Ex. ROMA NUMISMATICS II (02.10.2011), Lot 112.
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