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Electronic Auction 412  17 Jan 2018
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Lot 34

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 5750 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.46 g, 1h). Obverse die signed by Phrygillos, reverse die in the style of Euarchidas. Struck circa 413-405 BC. Head of Arethousa left, hair in ampyx with ΦPY on the front, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace; Σ-Y-P-A-KΩ-[ΣI]-ON and four dolphins around / Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in left, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath; in exergue, grain ear left. Tudeer 49 (V16/R30); HGC 2, 1335; SNG ANS 276; BMC 159; Boston MFA 409 = Warren 386; Jameson 832 (all from the same dies). Near EF, toned, thin flan crack, cleaning marks, roughness in spots.

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