Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 116 1 Oct 2019
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Tetradrachm circa 450, AR 17.26 g. Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer, holding kentron and reins. Rev. [KATAN – AI]ON Laureate head of Apollo r. Rizzo pl. X, 7. SNG Spencer-Churchill 37 (this coin). SNG ANS 1245 (this obverse die). Gillet 379 (this coin). Jameson 539 (these dies). Gulbenkian 176 (this obverse die). AMB 325.
Rare. A portrait of lovely style and a delicate old cabinet tone, minor scratch
on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine / extremely fine
Ex Ars Classica XIV, 1929, 87; Ars Classica XVI, 1933, Spencer-Churchill, 465; Leu/M&M 28 May 1974, Kunstfreund, 87; Leu 45, 1988, 34 and Leu 81, 2001, 63 sales. From the Sangorski and Charles Gillet collections.
Tetradrachm circa 450, AR 17.26 g. Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer, holding kentron and reins. Rev. [KATAN – AI]ON Laureate head of Apollo r. Rizzo pl. X, 7. SNG Spencer-Churchill 37 (this coin). SNG ANS 1245 (this obverse die). Gillet 379 (this coin). Jameson 539 (these dies). Gulbenkian 176 (this obverse die). AMB 325.
Rare. A portrait of lovely style and a delicate old cabinet tone, minor scratch
on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine / extremely fine
Ex Ars Classica XIV, 1929, 87; Ars Classica XVI, 1933, Spencer-Churchill, 465; Leu/M&M 28 May 1974, Kunstfreund, 87; Leu 45, 1988, 34 and Leu 81, 2001, 63 sales. From the Sangorski and Charles Gillet collections.