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Auction 30  9 January 2013
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Lot 34

Estimate: 2200 USD
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ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Sicily, Syracuse (Deinomenid Tyranny, 485-466 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.26g, 12h. Struck c.478-472 B.C. 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 (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: $2,200
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