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Auction 100 - Part 2  7 October 2015
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Lot 1280

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 1500 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.36 g, 11h). Struck circa 460-450 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, hair rolled in thin tainia, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace; ΣVRAKOΣION to right, four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIV, 498 (V263/R353); HGC 2, 1312; SNG ANS 158 (same obv. die); BMC 87 (same dies); de Luynes 1177 (same dies). Near EF, toned, a little off center, a few spots of porosity on reverse.

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