SICILY. RARE TETRADRACHM of SYRACUSE (440-425 B.C.), attribu - Lot 702

SICILY. RARE TETRADRACHM of SYRACUSE (440-425 B.C.), attributed to the engraver EVAINETE (unsigned). Obverse: Head of Arethusa (Kore-Persephone) to left, wavy hair crowned with ears of corn. Behind the nape of the neck, a scallop, valve up. Around her, three dolphins, and a fourth dolphin below the neck in reverse. Around the edge, four dolphins. Reverse: Quadriga galloping to the left, led by an charioteer holding the reins and kentron; above, Niké flying to the right, crowning him. In the exergue, a military trophy of a cuirass, helmet and cnemids. TTB to Superb, a decadrachm of similar model referenced as struck by Evainetes (Gallatin R.XV/F.VIIa.) Weight without mount: 11.39 g including mount. Mounted as a pendant (silver mount). Expert: Emmanuel de MONTEYNARD