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

$4,700.00

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.