Dies by Eumenos

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 234. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $4300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.22 g, 12h). Dies signed by Eumenos. Struck circa 415-405 BC. Charioteer driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer; signature EVMHNOV in exergue / Head of Arethusa left, hair in band; four dolphins around, signature EVMHN-OV behind. Tudeer 23 (V9/R15); SNG ANS 258 (same dies); Jameson 792 (same dies). VF, light iridescent toning, slightly off center.