SICILY, Syracuse. The Gamoroi. Circa 500-490/86 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.94 g, 5h).

Triton XXV
Lot: 87. Estimated: $ 20 000

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 24 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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SICILY, Syracuse. The Gamoroi. Circa 500-490/86 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 16.94 g, 5h). Charioteer, holding reins in both hands, driving slow quadriga right; SVRA above / Head of Arethousa left in incuse circle in center of quadripartite incuse square. Boehringer Series I, 23E (V17/R13); HGC 2, 1302; Bement 442 (same obv. die); Regling, Antike 261 (same dies); Traité I 2248, pl. LXXIV, 2 (same rev. die). Deep collection tone, with some iridescence, light scratch in field on obverse. Near EF.

From the JTB Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale 2020 (25 May 2020), lot 146; Galerie Numismatique Drouot 13 (21 November 1980), lot 946.


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