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Nomos 13

7 October 2016
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 2500 CHF
Hammer Price:  4400 CHF
Lot 137

SICILY, Syracuse. Circa 430 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23mm, 17.33 g 12). Male charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a goad in his right hand and the reins in both, driving a walking quadriga to right; above, Nike flying right to crown the horses. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa to right, wearing a double spiral earring and a simple necklace, and with her hair bound in a sakkos ornamented with a patterned band over her forehead; before Arethusa’s head, two dolphins swimming upwards and one swimming downwards; behind her neck, dolphin swimming upwards. Boheringer 642 (V326/R442). SNG ANS 207. With an undeniably elegant and sharply struck head of Arethusa. Struck on a short flan from a worn obverse die, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From a Swiss collection, ex SKA Monetarium FPL 44, Autumn 1985, 16.

Online bidding closes: 7 Oct 2016, 11:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 16:28:13 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:4400 CHF

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