Three Artistic Late Archaic Tetradrachms
Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 92. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $6600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.23 g, 2h). Struck under Gelon, circa 485-480 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series IV, 38 (V26/R22); SNG ANS 7; McClean 2594; Hunterian 4; Boston MFA 330 (all from the same dies). Good VF, minor flan flaw on horse. Rare. Beautiful archaic style.