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A Superb Gold Dekadrachm

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 99. Estimate $10000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007. 
Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AV 60 Litrai - Dekadrachm (4.26 g, 3h). Struck circa 217-215 BC. Head of Persephone left, wearing grain ear wreath, single-pendant earring, and necklace; star behind / [I]ERWNOS, charioteer driving galloping biga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; E below. Carroccio - (D40/R36 - unlisted die combination); SNG ANS -; SNG Lloyd -; Dewing 955 var. (same rev. die, grain ear not star). Superb EF, as struck, attractive toning around devices, underlying luster. Struck from fresh dies.



From the Sunrise Collection.