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Auction 30  9 January 2013
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Lot 33

Estimate: 8000 USD
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ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Sicily, Syracuse (Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.33g, 7h. Struck under Gelon, c.480-478 B.C. Charioteer, wearing a long chiton, holding a kentron in his right hand and the reins in his left, driving a quadriga right, Nike flies above to right to crown the horses. Rev. ΣVRA-KOΣ-I-O-N, head of Arethusa facing right, wearing a pearl-diadem and a necklace, four dolphins swimming around (Boehringer 86 (V42/R55); SNG ANS 21 (this reverse die); SNG Lloyd 881 (this reverse die)). Well-struck on excellent metal, residual lustre beneath cabinet tone, extremely fine.
Ex F. Sternberg, Auction XXV, Zurich, 25-26 November 1991, lot 68

Estimate: $8,000
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