SYRACUSE SILVER TETRADRACHM – 400-390 ISSUE SIGNED BY EUCLEIDAS – CHOICE VF FINE STYLE NGC GRADED GREEK SICILY COIN (INV. 20123)

Description

20123. SICILY. SYRACUSE. Ca. 400–390 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.22 g, 22 mm. Issue struck with signed reverse die of Eucleidas.
Obv. Charioteer driving quadriga left, Nike flying above right, crowning driver, [ear of grain left in exergue]. Rev. [ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ], diademed head of Arethusa left, her hair flowing upward from under the sphendone, [EYKLEI on scroll beneath neck truncation], pair of facing dolphins in front of the face, a third above the forehead and a fourth around the ampyx.
Fischer–Bossert, Coins, Artists, and Tyrants, 86 (O32/R58); HGC 2, 1342.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, FINE STYLE, “rev signed by Eucleidas” noted on label, dark gray cabinet patina, struck from a documented signed die, although here the artist’s signature is off the tight planchet.