Katalog - Auction 309

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Head of Arethusa to r., wearing pearl tainia, single pendant earring and necklace; Rv. Wheel with four spokes. Boehringer Series XI, 279-85 or Series XII, 362-70; SNG ANS 116-8; HGC 2, 1371. Dark patina. Slight evidence of former cleaning; some oxidation; slight porosity; metal somewhat crystallised. Good extremely fine.  From a private European collection formed in the 1980s.

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Head of Arethusa r.; Rv. Wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 362-70; SNG ANS 116-118. Porosity. Extremely fine.

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Charioteer driving a quadriga r., Nike flying above to r. to crown the horses, grasshopper in exergue; Rv. Head of Arethusa facing l., her hair bound with a cord wound around her head, and wearing an earring and necklace, two pairs of dolphins, facing each other, on l. and r.  Boehringer 728; Tudeer p. 99, 1; Buceti 351. R2. Good very fine.

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Syracuse, c.ca 430-420 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga walking to right, holding reins in both hands; above, Nike flying left to crown the charioteer; Rv. ΣΥΡ-Α-KΟ-ΣΙ-[ΟΝ], head of Arethusa to right, her hair tied with a ribbon, wearing pendant earring and simple necklace; around, four dolphins swimming right and left. Boehringer 671; HGC 2, 1320. SNG ANS 221. Refined style. Good very fine / near extremely fine.

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Dies signed by Eumenes. Struck circa 415-409 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga l.; above, Nike flying r., crowning charioteer; [E]VMHNOV in exergue; Rv. Head of Arethousa l., hair in band; EVMHN-OV behind neck, four dolphins swimming around. Fischer-Bossert, Coins 23 (V9/R16); Tudeer 23; HGC 2, 1328; SNG ANS 258 = Bement 494; SNG Lloyd 1367; SNG Lockett 961; BMC 144; Boston MFA 400 = Warren 370; Dewing 841; Gillet 611; Jameson 792. Some porosity, otherwise about extremely fine. Ex Triton I (2-3 December 1997), lot 331. Ex Adolph Hess Auktion (14 April 1954), lot 64; Jameson Collection, no. 792; Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection.

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Struck 450-440 BC c.ca. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga r.; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath; in exergue, ketos r.; Rv. ΣYRAKOΣI-O-N, diademed head of Arethusa right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace, hair bound with single thin diadem and rolled in the back; four dolphins around. Boehringer 504 (O267/R360); HGC 1311. Good very fine / near extremely fine. Ex Auktion Ira & Larry Goldberg Auction 96 (2017), lot 1544; ex Dr. Busso Peus Auction 429 (3-4 November 2021), lot 66. 

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Signed by unknown master 'A'. Struck 425-420 BC c.ca. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga r.; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with wreath; Rv. Head of Arethusa r., hair covered by sakkos drawn together at top and decorated with maeander pattern above chevrons, wearing necklace and earring; A on neck, ΣYRAKOΣION and four dolphins around. Boehringer 706 (V346/R480); SNG ANS 238; HGC 2, 1322. Very rare. Traces of gentle cleaning, otherwise good very fine / near extremely fine. From a private European collection assembled in the 1980s.

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Struck c.ca 420. Quadriga walking to r.; above, Nike flying l. to crown the charioteer; Rv. Diademed head of Arethusa to r., her hair bound in a sakkos ornamented with a maeander pattern; around, four dolphins swimming to r. Boehringer 709. Traces of cleaning. Very fine / good very fine. Fine style. From a private European collection formed in the 1980s.

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Struck circa 420-415 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga r.; above, Nike flying l., crowning charioteer; Rv. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ, head of Arethusa r., hair in wide band; four dolphins around. Boehringer 722; HGC 2, 1323. Some weakness of strike on the obverse, otherwise good very fine / very fine. Fine style. Ex Münzzentrum Köln Auktion 56 (1985), lot 85; ex Gorny&Mosch Auction 293 (6-7 March 2023), lot 114.

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Charioteer, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga r.; above, Nike flying l., crowning charioteer; Rv. Head of Arethusa r., hair in sakkos, wearing necklace with a lion’s head pendant; four dolphins around. HGC 2, 1318. Good very fine. Fine style. Ex Bertolami Fine Art E-Auction 83 (6-8 June 2020), lot 467.

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Struck 430-420 BC c.ca. Slow quadriga r., Nike above; Rv. Head of Arethusa r. with hair bound in four bands, four dolphins swimming around. Boehringer 674. Refined style. Good very fine. Ex Fritz Rudolf Künker Auction 347 (22-23 March 2021), lot 616.

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Struck c.ca 420-415 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga r.; above, Nike flying r., crowning horses; grasshopper in exergue; Rv. Head of Arethousa r., hair in sphendone; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XXV, 727 (V359/R495); HGC 2, 1324; Jameson 781 (same dies); McClean 2682 (same dies); Pozzi 590 (same dies). Good very fine. Fine style. Ex CNG eAuction 530 (4 January 2023), lot 38. From the Sigmund Collection.

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Struck c.ca 413-405 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga r.; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer; in exergue, two dolphins confronted; Rv. Head of Arethusa r., hair in sphendone; two dolphins around. SNG ANS 305; SNG Lloyd 1376–7. Some roughness and porosity. Fine style. Good very fine.

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C.ca 466-460 BC. ΣYPA, Diademed head of Arethusa r.; Rv. Octopus. Boehringer 421; SNG ANS 131. Good very fine / about extremely fine.

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ΣVRA (R retrograde), diademed head of Arethusa R.; RV. Octopus. Boehringer 449- 467; HGC 2, 1375; SNG ANS 138; Bérend, Poulpes, Tav. VI, 6; SNG München 1003. Extremely fine.

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Head of nymph facing slightly l.; RV. Octopus. CNS 29; SNG ANS 385-388. Dark green patina. Good very fine.

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Engraver Phrygillos (unsigned), c.ca 410-405. Head of Arethusa to left, her hair bound in a sphendone. Rev. ΣΥ - ΡΑ Wheel of four spokes, with the legend in the upper quarters and a pair of opposed dolphins in the lower. Calciati 19 fr4/7; HGC 2, 1479; SNG ANS 411. Dark patina with red spots. Good extremely fine. Slight traces of delicate cleaning; some smoothing and possible tooling. From a private European collection assembled in the 1980s.

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ΣYPAKO–ΣIΩN, youthful bare head of the river-god Anapos l., Rv. Horse galloping right, [ΣYR]AKOΣIΩN on exergual band. SNG Lloyd 1425; SNG ANS 341; SNG Copenhagen 688; Dewing 927-8; BMC 170. Obverse from a slightly rusty die, otherwise good very fine / near extremely fine.

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Head of Arethusa to left, hair bound up in sakkos, wearing earring and pearl necklace; ΣYPAKOΣIΩN before, dolphin downwards behind; Rv. Octopus. SNG ANS 293-4; SNG Copenhagen 675; HGC 2, 1381. Fine style. Slightly irregular flan, otherwise good very fine / near extremely fine.