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Auction 30  9 January 2013
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Lot 41

Estimate: 9000 USD
Price realized: 13 000 USD
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ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Sicily, Syracuse (second Democracy, 466-405 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.30g, 8h. Struck c.430-420 B.C. Charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron and the reins, driving a quadriga right, Nike flies above to right to crown the horses. Rev. ΣVPAKOΣION, head of Arethusa facing right, her hair tied with a taenia, and wearing an earring and necklace, four dolphins swimming around (Boehringer 634 (V321/R436); Jameson 770 (these dies); SNG ANS 203 (these dies); Antikenmuseum Basel 446 = SNG Lockett 950 (these dies)). Slightly short of flan, but well-struck on good metal, residual lustre, extremely fine.
Ex F. Sternberg, Auction XX, Zurich, 20 April 1988, lot 367

Estimate: $9,000
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