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Nomos 16

10 May 2018
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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From the Jameson and Smith collections, pedigreed to 1905

Estimate: 28000 CHF
Hammer Price:  26000 CHF
Lot 46

SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 17.11 g, 12 h), c. 466-460. Charioteer driving quadriga walking to right, holding goad in his right hand and the reins in both; above, Nike flying left to crown the driver; in exergue, ketos to right. Rev. ΣΥRΑΚΟΣΙΟ - Ν Diademed head of Arethusa to right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace; around, four dolphins swimming right. Boehringer 499.2 (V263/R356, this coin). Jameson 762 (this coin). SNG ANS 158 (these dies). A wonderful example, beautifully toned, fresh and very well struck on a broad flan. In this condition, very rare. Some minor corrosion and horn silver on the obverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Ravenel Collection, USA, ex Glendining & Co., 10 December 1986, 84, and from the collections of W. Niggeler, 1, Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 3 December 1967, R. Jameson and H. P. Smith, SWH, 5 June 1905, 100.

Online bidding closes: 10 May 2018, 05:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 00:22:35 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:26000 CHF

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