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NYINC Signature Sale 3044 3-4 January 2016
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SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny (485-465 BC). AR tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.28 g, 6h). Struck under Hieron I, ca. 478-466 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, Nike flying right above, crowning horses / ΣYRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ, head of Arethusa right wearing pearl taenia, four dolphins around. Boehringer 261 (V118/R179). HGC 2, 1307. A very rare die combination, with only one example noted by Boehringer. Nicely toned. NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 5/5. Ex R.A. Climpson Collection (Noble Numismatic 85, 25 July 2007), lot 1420.
Estimate: 700-1000 USD
SICILY. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny (485-465 BC). AR tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.28 g, 6h). Struck under Hieron I, ca. 478-466 BC. Charioteer driving walking quadriga right, Nike flying right above, crowning horses / ΣYRΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ, head of Arethusa right wearing pearl taenia, four dolphins around. Boehringer 261 (V118/R179). HGC 2, 1307. A very rare die combination, with only one example noted by Boehringer. Nicely toned. NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 5/5. Ex R.A. Climpson Collection (Noble Numismatic 85, 25 July 2007), lot 1420.
Estimate: 700-1000 USD