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366, Lot: 394. Estimate $1500.
Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.97 g, 4h). Struck circa 485-480 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses / Diademed head of Arethusa left; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series IV, 42 (V26/R26); HGC 2, 1305; SNG ANS 8; McClean 2601; Jameson 740; Sartiges 121 (all from the same dies). VF, even light gray toning. Well centered and struck. Rare early issue.


From the Camerata Romeu Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 94.