Freeman & Sear - F&S Mail Bid Sale #11 Lot: 26
KVA1292
SICILY: Panormus. Ca. 440-420 BC. AR tetradrachm 17.27 g. 

Fast quadriga left, above dolphin diving left, dog 
left in exergue 
Head of Arethusa right, hair in sakkos, four dolphins around. 

Jenkins, SNR 50, p. 44, fig. 4A. 
Extremely rare: only one specimen known to  Jenkins. 

The Panormitan copyist interpreted the sea serpent in the 
exergue as a dog. He also replaced the Nike flying above 
the horses with a dolphin leaping through the sky, and 
turned the head of the near horse to face the viewer, a
detail that did not begin to appear on Syracusan dies until 
the signing artist period (Tudeer 30–34). 

Estimated Value: $ 4,000 

Re-used by permission of Freeman and Sear, 
www.freemanandsear.com.