Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 74. Estimate $15000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006. Sold For $18400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Early Tyrannies. Circa 500-485 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.47 g, 7h). Charioteer driving quadriga right / Head of Arethusa left in incuse circle in center of quadripartite incuse square. Boehringer series II, - (V20/R13; unlisted die combination); SNG ANS 5; SNG Lloyd 1277 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned. Well centered strike on an exceptionally broad flan, with an elegant head of Arethusa. Very rare.