Catalog - Auction 309

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Nymph seated left on rock, touching snake coiled before her with r. hand, l. hand overhead; [selinon leaf above]; Rv. ΣEΛINOEΣ, man-headed bull to r.; [in exergue, fish to right]. HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711-2; SNG Copenhagen 602; Weber 1538; SNG Lloyd 1271. Near extremely fine.

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Apollo and Artemis standing r. in a quadriga moving slowly to r.; Artemis holding the reins and Apollo drawing his bow; on the upper right field, wreath tied below; above exergue line, shield set on ground (or scallop shell according to Schwabacher); in exergue, barley corn; Rv. ΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙ-ΟΝ The river-god Selinos standing l., holding phiale over garlanded altar in right hand, laurel branch in l.; before altar, a rooster standing l.; to r., selinon leaf over a bull standing left on a base. BMC 12; HGC 2, 1221; Schwabacher 38 (Q12/S29); Imhoof Blumer, Grecques, 49. Very fine. Ex Nomos Obolos Webauction 25 (23 October 2022), lot 19. Very rare. Just two examples recorded by Schwabacher.

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Forepart of man-headed bull to left; ΣΙΛΕΡΑΙΩΝ (retrograde) around; Rv. Warrior advancing to right, holding shield and spear; ΛI[Σ] to left. Campana 1; CNS 1; HGC 2, 1242. Dark green patina. Very fine. Ex Roma Numismatics The Anders Collection (8 Sep 2022), lot 587.

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Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer 169; SNG ANS 52. Near extremely fine. Slight porosity.

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Charioteer driving quadriga r.; above, crowning Nike flying r.; Rv. ΣVRAKOΣION, diademed head of Arethusa r.; four dolphins around. Boehringer 344 (V169/R242); SNG ANS 107; SNG Lloyd 1297; HGC 2, 1307. Near extremely fine. Ex Roma Numismatics E-Sale 21 (31 October 2015), lot 96; Ex Numismatik Naumann Aution 113 (6 February 2022), lot 204.

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Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer, holding reins and kentron; above, Nike alighting r. to crown the horses; Rv. Diademed head of Arethusa r., wearing necklace. Around, four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 116; SNG ANS 29. Good very fine / near extremely fine.

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Diademed head of nymph Arethusa r. dotted border; Rv. Wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 362-368; SNG ANS 116-117. Extremely fine.

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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.