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Auction 75  26 September 2012
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Lot 2156

Estimate: 1500 GBP
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ANCIENT COINS. A Selection of Syracuse Tetradrachms from an Old Collection. From the Pozzi Collection and Published by Boehringer. Sicily, Syracuse (Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, struck c.478-472 BC, charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron in his right hand and the reins in his left, driving a slow quadriga right, Nike flies above to right to crown the horses, rev ΣVRAKOΣION, head of Arethusa facing right, wearing a pearl diadem and a necklace, four dolphins swimming around, 17.26g, 12h (Boehringer 298 (V143/R206); Weber 1561, this reverse die).Light traces of overstriking, old cabinet tone, good very fine.
ex F Sternberg, Auction XX, Zurich, 20 April 1988, lot 350

Estimate: £1500-2000
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