Kamarina Tetradrachm

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 73. Estimate $15000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Kamarina. Circa 425-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.15 g, 8h). Obverse die signed by Exakestidas. Athena driving galloping quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; above, Nike flying left, holding in her extended hands a wreath tied with fillet which she places on Athena's head; two amphorae in exergue connected by line; signature EXAKESTIDAS on exergue line / KAMARINAION, head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. Westermark & Jenkins 149 (O8/R15); SNG ANS 1205; SNG Lloyd 871; BMC 14 = Rizzo pl. V, 11; Boston MFA 260; Jameson 523; Kraay & Hirmer 152 (all but ANS from the same dies). EF, gray tone with a hint of iridescence, minor die rust. Wonderful strike with full types visible.

Ex Tkalec (24 October 2003), lot 26.