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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 105. Estimate $1500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. 
Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.20 g, 9h). Struck under Hieron I, circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XI, 257-8 var. (V116/R- [unlisted rev. die]); SNG ANS 88; Pozzi 555 (same obv. die). Good VF, usual die wear on obverse.