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Decadrachm of Syracuse signed by Kimon
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Obverse: gallopping quadriga to l.; above small Nike crowming charioteer. In exergue: a panoply. On the exergue line in minute letters, the signature: KIMON
Reverse: SYRAKOSION; head of Arethusa surrounded by dolphins; on dolphin below neck, KIMON; on hair band, K.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Edward H. Bunbury [1] London (by 1895) sold; [through Sotheby London “Bunbury sale ” June 15-23 1896 lot 412]; to [William Talbot Ready] [2]. Frederick M. Watkins [3] New Haven CT (by 1972) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum (1972)
1. Edward H. Bunbury (1811-1895)
2. From annotated version of the 1896 auction catalogue kept at the American Numismatic Society. https://archive.org/details/catalogueofbunbu00soth/page/50/mode/2up
3. Frederick M. Watkins (1910-1972)
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
Title: Decadrachm of Syracuse signed by Kimon
Description:
Obverse: gallopping quadriga to l.
; above small Nike crowming charioteer.
In exergue: a panoply.
On the exergue line in minute letters, the signature: KIMON
Reverse: SYRAKOSION; head of Arethusa surrounded by dolphins; on dolphin below neck, KIMON; on hair band, K.
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