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Nomos 20

10 July 2020
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich

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With a wonderful pedigree back to 1907

Estimate: 12500 CHF
Hammer Price:  16000 CHF
Lot 66

SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25.5 mm, 17.21 g, 10 h), c. 480-475. Bearded 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 (the R is upside down) 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 199.2 (this coin). Du Chastel 56. Nanteuil 324 (this coin). Rare. Very attractively toned, a splendid piece of fine late Archaic style. Extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection, and from that of Dr. R. Maly, LHS 100, 23 April 2007, 180, ex Hess 249, 13 November 1979, 98 and from the collections of H. de Nanteuil, H. Smith, Sotheby, Wilson & Hodge 20 April 1909, 52 and G. de Ciccio, Sambon-Canessa 19 December 1907, 295.

Online bidding closes: 10 Jul 2020, 10:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 16:54:15 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:16000 CHF

Pre-Bidding closes on 10 Juli 2020 at 10:00 CEST. Live bidding starts at 14:00 CET and is EXCLUSIVELY available on biddr. Separate registration is required.

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