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Auction 114  6-7 May 2019
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Lot 68

Estimate: 8000 CHF
Price realized: 9500 CHF
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Syracuse. Tetradrachm circa 480-475, AR 17.49 g. Slow quadriga driven r. by bearded charioteer, wearing chiton and holding kentron and reins; above, Nike flying r. to crown the horses. Rev. ΣVRA – KOΣIO – N Pearl-diademed head of Arethusa r., wearing necklace; around, four dolphins swimming clockwise. SNG München 950 (this reverse die). AMB 432 (this coin). Boehringer –, cf. V 85 (this die) / R 132 (this die) (this die-coupling missing in Boehringer)
Rare. A lovely portrait of fine style struck on a broad flan. Unobtrusive
die-break on obverse, otherwise extremely fine
Ex M&M 32, 1966, 51; NAC 13, 1998, formerly exhibited at the Antikenmuseum Basel , 432 and Nomos 2, 2010, 25 sales. From the A.D.M and Patrick Tan collections.

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