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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7531991, member: 86498"]At one time Nomos did a FPL in conjunction with CNG. I saw this coin and purchased it</p><p>Syracuse Ar Tetradrachm 413-399 BC. Signed on reverse by Eukleidas Obv. Fast quadriga left three quarters view. Charioteer crowned by Nike. Rv. Head of Arethusa left hair in sphendone four dolphins swimming around. Fischer Bossert 86m This coin 17.18 grms 25 mm Purchases Nomos FPL 7 January 2014 Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1300484[/ATTACH] I always wanted one of the Syracuse tetradrachms minted during the period when the artists signed their coins as I feel that this was a watershed moment in the history of numismatics. Before these coins the Greek artists were still trying to break free from the shackles imposed from the earlier archaic period but afterwards one can observe a great awakening of very naturalistic imagery which seems to spread very quickly throughout the Greek world. I often wonder if this is one of the legacies of the Peloponnesian War. Not only would men returning from the siege of Syracuse 415-413 BC returned home with some of these coins but the Syracusan navy was active as well in the Aegean Sea for almost a decade afterwards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7531991, member: 86498"]At one time Nomos did a FPL in conjunction with CNG. I saw this coin and purchased it Syracuse Ar Tetradrachm 413-399 BC. Signed on reverse by Eukleidas Obv. Fast quadriga left three quarters view. Charioteer crowned by Nike. Rv. Head of Arethusa left hair in sphendone four dolphins swimming around. Fischer Bossert 86m This coin 17.18 grms 25 mm Purchases Nomos FPL 7 January 2014 Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1300484[/ATTACH] I always wanted one of the Syracuse tetradrachms minted during the period when the artists signed their coins as I feel that this was a watershed moment in the history of numismatics. Before these coins the Greek artists were still trying to break free from the shackles imposed from the earlier archaic period but afterwards one can observe a great awakening of very naturalistic imagery which seems to spread very quickly throughout the Greek world. I often wonder if this is one of the legacies of the Peloponnesian War. Not only would men returning from the siege of Syracuse 415-413 BC returned home with some of these coins but the Syracusan navy was active as well in the Aegean Sea for almost a decade afterwards.[/QUOTE]
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