ANCIENT GREECE
ANCIENT GREECE
Sicily, Syracuse (425-345 BC). Silver decadrachme of the master engraver Evainète.
Av. Quadrige galloping left driven by an auriga, above, victory flying right and crowning the auriga. At the exergue, a breastplate and shield between two cnemids, an attic helmet on the right, a spear behind. Rv. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ, Tête d'Aréthuse on the left, crowned with reed leaves and hair decorated with ears of corn, surrounded by four dolphins (signature ΕΥΑΙ outside flank).
Dewing 674. SNG ANS 365. 35 mm. 42.12 g. 8h.
Provenance: auction sale Schweizerischer Bankverein Zurich n°23 on 20 September 1989 lot n°50. Auction sale NAC Numismatica Ars Classica Zurich n°5 on 25 February 1992 lot n°75. Auction sale MDC 3, lot n°51.
Nice copy, little lack of metal on the obverse, APC.
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ANCIENT GREECE
Sicily, Syracuse (425-345 BC). Silver decadrachme of the master engraver Evainète.
Av. Quadrige galloping left driven by an auriga, above, victory flying right and crowning the auriga. At the exergue, a breastplate and shield between two cnemids, an attic helmet on the right, a spear behind. Rv. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ, Tête d'Aréthuse on the left, crowned with reed leaves and hair decorated with ears of corn, surrounded by four dolphins (signature ΕΥΑΙ outside flank).
Dewing 674. SNG ANS 365. 35 mm. 42.12 g. 8h.
Provenance: auction sale Schweizerischer Bankverein Zurich n°23 on 20 September 1989 lot n°50. Auction sale NAC Numismatica Ars Classica Zurich n°5 on 25 February 1992 lot n°75. Auction sale MDC 3, lot n°51.
Nice copy, little lack of metal on the obverse, APC.
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