Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 219. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008. Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.81 g, 4h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer 189 (V85/R129); SNG ANS 60 (same dies). Good VF, dark iridescent toning, a hint of light porosity.
Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 29 (28 January 1992), lot 47.