Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3588 SESSION 17 (9.30AM FRIDAY 28TH JULY) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $500
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SOLD $750
SICILY, Syracuse, (405-395 B.C.), period of end of Second Dynasty and Dionysius I, silver litra (0.73 g), obv. Artemis-Arethusa head to left, **SURAKOSION* before, dolphin behind, dotted border, rev. octopus, (S.-, SNG ANS 293 [possibly same dies], HGC 2, 1378). Toned, good very fine, scarce.
Ex Kunker, Auction Sale 295, September 23, 2017 (lot 207); previously from the collection of Elvera Clain-Stefanelli, NAC Sale 92 (lot,1424).
Berend connects the head of Arethusa on the obverse with a tetradrachm created by the master engraves Eukleidas (Tudeer 86 and 87, obverse die 32). This present litra is therefore possibly an unsigned work by Eukleidas. It is however a small work of art of an extraordinary fine style.
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