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Nomos 18

5 May 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 6000 CHF
Hammer Price:  11000 CHF
Lot 53

SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23 mm, 17.27 g, 7 h), c. 430 BC. Bearded charioteer driving quadriga slowly to right, holding goad in his left hand and reins in his right; above, Nike flying right to crown the horses. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa to right, wearing broad headband fastened above her ear, double-spiral earring and simple necklace, with her hair bound up behind her head under the headband and curling up behind. Boehringer 631 (V319/R434). SNG ANS 201 (same dies). A lovely, lightly toned and sharply struck coin – even Arethusa's eyelashes are clearly visible. Obverse struck from a slightly worn die, otherwise, extremely fine.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 207, 15 October 2012, 70 (but with mistaken references).

Online bidding closes: 5 May 2019, 14:30:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 00:46:46 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:11000 CHF

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