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Obolos 3

15 November 2015
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Starting Price: 750 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 74

SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I, 485-478 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24mm, 17.19 g 1). 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 116 (V53 / R81). SNG ANS 44. Nicely toned. Minor corrosion, otherwise, good very fine.


From a Swiss collection formed prior to 2005.

Online bidding closes: 15 Nov 2015, 18:37:00 CET Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 15:10:53 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:Unsold
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