The June 4, 2000, Dr. Jon Kardatzke Collection Parts II & III, Sale 5
Lot 3050 
Sicily, Leontini. 466-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.84g). Laureate head of Apollo right, border of dots. Reverse: Lion's head right, LEONTINON and four barley corns around. SNG ANS 222 (same dies). Lightly toned. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,500-2,000.
Lot 3051 
Sicily, Leontini. 466-425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.23g). Laureate head of Apollo left. Reverse: Lion's head left, ethnic and four barley corns around. SNG ANS 257 (same dies). Toned. Superb Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,250-1,750.
Lot 3052 
Sicily, Leontini. Circa 460 BC. AR Didrachm (8.17g). Naked rider on horseback right. Reverse: Lion's head right, four barley corns around. SNG ANS 207. Toned. Nice Fine.
Estimated Value $300-400.
Ex: Christie's, 14 June 1993, 7.
Lot 3053 
Sicily, Messana. 461-450 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.23g). Charioteer driving biga of asses right. Reverse: Hare bounding right, MESSANION (partially retrograde) within dotted circle around. SNG ANS 320. Lightly toned and lustrous. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $1,250-1,750.
Lot 3054 
Sicily, Messana. 425-396 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.12g). Charioteer driving biga of mules left, Nike above, two dolphins in exergue. Reverse: Hare bounding right, dolphin below, ethnic around. SNG ANS 367. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $2,500-3,500.
Lot 3055 
Sicily, Naxos. Circa 425 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.19g). Bearded head of Dionysus right, hair bound with stephane which is ornamented with ivy-wreath. Reverse: NAXION, frontal view of Silenus, naked, squatting on rock, holding long thyrsus in left hand and raising cantharus in right hand, ivy plant climbing upwards in left field. Cahn 100 (same dies). Jameson 677 (same dies). Kraay-Hirmer 8, same obv. die. Excellent metal, well struck and delicately toned. A superb example and certainly among the finest known. Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Estimated Value $30,000-UP.
Naxos was among the earliest Greek colonies in Sicily, founded by Chalcidians in ca. 736 BC. The town's inhabitants were driven off by the Syracusan tyrant Hieron in 476 BC. but, with the collapse of the Syracusan empire, the population returned and the city was refounded in 461 BC. Perhaps in commemoration of this homecoming, archaic tetradrachms of the Dionysus/Silenus variety were struck. The present specimen, struck forty-five years later, updates the style, converting the archaic stiffness and formulaic depictions to a more natural rendition typical of the classical age. It is truly one of the numismatic masterpieces of the later fifth century.
Lot 3056 
Sicily, Selinos. 540-510 BC. AR Didrachm (8.4g). Selinon leaf, pellets around. Reverse: Incuse square divided into ten sections. SNG ANS 665. The obverse is unusually well centered, toned. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $500-700.
Lot 3057 
Sicily, Selinos. 460-409 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.45g). Artemis and Apollo driving slow quadriga left. Reverse: Naked river-god Selinos standing left holding phiale over altar, sacrificial animals in field, ethnic above. SNG ANS 688. Fine to Very Fine.
Estimated Value $450-650.
Ex: Moreira collection.
Lot 3058 
Sicily, Syracuse. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.20g). Charioteer driving quadriga right, Nike flying above. Reverse: Head of Artemis-Arethusa right, four dolphins and ethnic around. Boeh. 294. Lightly toned and lustrous. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $2,500-3,500.
Ex: Rizzo find.
Lot 3059 
Sicily, Syracuse. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.20g). Charioteer driving quadriga right, Nike flying above. Reverse: Head of Artemis-Arethusa right, four dolphins and ethnic around. Boeh. 145. Lightly toned and lustrous. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $2,500-3,500.
Lot 3060 
Sicily, Syracuse. 474-450 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.16g). Charioteer driving quadriga right, Nike flying above, serpent in exergue. Reverse: Head of Artemis-Arethusa right, ethnic before, four dolphins around. Boeh. 526. Toned. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $2,000-2,500.
Lot 3061 
Sicily, Syracuse. 405-380 BC. Gold 20 Litra (1.1g). Head of youthful Herakles left, wearing lion skin. Ethnic at l. Reverse: Head of Arethusa left, in quadripart incuse, ethnic around. BMC 134. Lustrous. Obverse die showing slight traces of rust. Superb Extremely Fine the reverse better.
Estimated Value $1,250-1,750.
Lot 3062 
Sicily, Syracuse. Time of Timoleon, circa 344-336 BC. AE Litra. Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet left, circular border. Reverse: Star flanked by two dolphins. S. 1189. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $275-350.
Lot 3063 
Sicily, Syracuse. Agathokles, 317-289 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.12g). Head of Kore right, hair wreathed in grain. Reverse: Nike assembling trophy right, ethnic to left, border of dots. SNG ANS 673. Lightly toned. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,500-2,000.
Lot 3064 
Sicily, Syracuse. Hiketas, 288-279 BC. Gold Drachm (4.20g). Head of Persephone, wearing earring and necklace, hair wreathed in grain, facing left, ethnic before, cornucopiae behind. Reverse: Nike driving rearing biga right, name of Hiketas in exergue. BMC 434. Superb Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $2,500-3,500.
Lot 3065 
Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. Gold Drachm (4.2g). Head of Persephone left, hair wreathed in grain, bucranium in field behind. Reverse: Fast biga left, inscription and monogram below. BMC 518. A superb example, fully struck and lustrous. A true gem! Faint, trivial double striking on reverse. Mint State.
Estimated Value $5,000-6,000.
Lot 3066 
Sicily, Syracuse. Hieron II, 275-215 BC. AR 16-Litrai (13.11g). Diademed veiled head of Philistis left. Reverse: Nike driving slow quadriga right, star above, K to right. SNG ANS 879. Superb metal and strike, minor flan flaw at edge, otherwise. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $2,000-2,500.
Lot 3067 
Sicily, Syracuse. Hieronymos, 215-214 BC. AR 10-Litrai (8.44g). Diademed head of Hieronymos left, retrograde K behind, circle of dots around. Reverse: Thunderbolt, KI above. Holloway 40; SNG ANS 1028. Superb Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $800-1,000.
Lot 3068 
Sicily, Syracuse. Republic, 214-212 BC. AR 8-Litrai (6.74g). Head of Athena wearing ornamented and crested Corinthian helmet left. Reverse: Thunderbolt, ethnic above. SNG ANS 1046v. Lustrous. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $700-900.
Lot 3069 
Sicily, Syracuse. After 212 BC. AE 21. Laureate head of Zeus left. Reverse: Charioteer driving fast biga left, ethnic below. SNG Cop. 899. Scarce. Very Fine.
Estimated Value $75-125.
Lot 3070 
Siculo-Punic. 350-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.07g). Rash Melqart. Head of Persephone right, hair wreathed in grain, four dolphins around. Reverse: Charioteer driving fast quadriga right, Nike flying above, Punic inscription in exergue. Jenkins SNR 50, 47 (16/R36). A little die wear, otherwise: Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,250-1,750.
Lot 3071 
Siculo-Punic. 330-305 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.21g). Rash Melqart. Head of Persephone right, hair wreathed in grain, dolphins swimming in field. Reverse: Charioteer driving fast quadriga right, Nike flying above. Jenkins, SNR 50, 47 (O16/R36). Attractive cabinet toning. A nice mix of Greek and Punic styles. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $2,000-2,500.
Lot 3072 
Siculo-Punic. 320-314 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.40g). Head of Persephone wearing earring and necklace left, hair wreathed in grain, four dolphins around. Reverse: Horse's head left, palm tree behind, legend MMHNT below. Jenkins SNR 56, 186. Toned. Nearly Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,500-2,000.
Lot 3073 
Siculo-Punic. 300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.77g). Mint of the Camp. Head of Herakles wearing lionskin headdress right. Reverse: Head of horse left, palm tree behind, Punic inscription below. Cf. Jenkins SNR 57, 401. Lightly toned and lustrous. Extremely Fine.
Estimated Value $1,500-2,000.
Lot 3074 
Siculo-Punic. 300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.56g). Head of Herakles wearing lionskin headdress right. Reverse: Horse head left, palm tree behind, Punic legend below. Jenkins SNR 57, 407. Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $600-800.
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