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ANCIENT COINS. A Selection of Syracuse Tetradrachms from an Old Collection. A Boehringer Plate Coin, from the Virzi Collection. Sicily, Syracuse (Second Democracy, 466-405 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, struck c.440-430 BC, charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron and the reins, driving a slow quadriga right, Nike flies above to right to crown the horses, ketos to right in the exergue, rev ΣVRAKOΣION, head of Arethusa facing right, her hair tied with a ribbon, and wearing an earring and necklace, four dolphins swimming around, 16.80g, 7h (Boehringer 590 (V291/R400) = SNG ANS 190; Antikenmuseum Basel 441, these dies; Rizzo pl. XXXVII, 18, this reverse die).Old cabinet tone, very fine.
ex F Sternberg, Auction XX, Zurich, 20 April 1988, lot 361

Estimate: £1200-1500