Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 338. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. 485-466 BC. AR Didrachm (7.68 gm). Struck under Gelon or Hieron I, circa 478-475 BC. Nude rider on horseback right, with a riderless horse at far side / Diademed head of Arethusa right; four dolphins around. Boehringer Series VII, 99 (V46/R66); SNG ANS 26 (same dies). VF, toned, some scattered roughness. ($750)
From the Tony Hardy Collection.