The Phillips Family Collection of Ancient Greek Coins

Greek Coinages, Syracuse: Tetradrachm, struck under the Second Democracy, c. 415-13, during the defence against Athens

Obverse: fast quadriga left urged on by charioteer holding reins and kentron, the horses’s legs formed up in a fan-like arrangement; wreath-bearing Nike flying right above

Reverse: [συρακο]σιον: head of Arethusa left, hair tied with thin cord, loose locks fluttering upwards; framed by four dolphins around

Metal: silver; Attic weight standard; 17.10g/8h

References: Fischer-Bossert 13e, this coin [O6/R9] = Woodward 109, this coin; Rizzo pl. XLII, 6; Ashmolean 1992

Condition: Good very fine, the portrait of similarly superb style; iridescent patina with some oxidisation on the obverse £2,000-£2,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Phillips Family Collection of Ancient Greek Coins.

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Collection

G. Duruflé Collection, Rollin and Feuardent Auction, Paris, 9 May 1910, lot 196
Hirsch Auction XXXI, Munich, 6 May 1912, lot 219
W.H. Woodward Collection
SNC August 1942 (15562)