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Obolos 20

3 October 2021
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Starting Price: 400 CHF
Hammer Price:  1700 CHF
Lot 565

SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 17.01 g, 2 h), c. 485-483. 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. ΣVRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa to right, wearing neck­lace and pearl diadem, and with her hair tied in a krobylos that is bound up and falls over her diadem; around, four dolphins swimming clockwise. Boehringer 45 (V26/R29). Rizzo pl. XXXIV, 10 (same obverse die) and 22 (similar reverse). Struck from beautifully engraved dies. Nearly very fine.

Online bidding closes: 3 Oct 2021, 19:42:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 01:21:43 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1700 CHF by MailBidder6035 (7 bids)
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