Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 104. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $610. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.42 g, 4h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series IXa, 218 (V96/R148); SNG ANS 74; McClean 2597; Hunterian 5; Randazzo 379 (all from the same dies). VF, lightly toned, light graffito (ΣV) on reverse. Well centered.