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Lot 102

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 3000 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 274-216 BC. AV Drachm (4.30 gm; 15 mm). Struck circa 220-217 BC. Head of Persephone left with long flowing hair, head wreathed in grain ears; torch behind / IERWNO[S], charioteer driving biga left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; P below horses. Carroccio 39 (D24/R34); cf. SNG ANS 265; SNG Lloyd 1539; cf. SNG Copenhagen 816; Jameson 875 (same dies); cf. Gulbenkian 348; cf. Pozzi 1352. Well struck from high relief dies. Minor die rust on the obverse, otherwise well struck. Choice EF.
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