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20 November 2016
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A most attractive and sharp Tetradrachm from Syracuse

Starting Price: 1250 CHF
Hammer Price:  Unsold
Lot 205

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24mm, 17.40 g 5), struck circa 480/78-475. 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 228 (same dies). Randazzo 384 (same dies). Minor weakness, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex The New York Sale XVII, 9 January 2008, 17.

Online bidding closes: 20 Nov 2016, 16:42:30 CET Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 15:42:31 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:Unsold
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