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Triton XXIV  19-20 Jan 2021
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Lot 5

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 5500 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.38 g, 3h). Struck circa 478-475 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath held in both hands / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, single-pendant earring, and necklace; ΣVR-AKOΣIO-N and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIa, 207E.1 (V93/R139 – this coin, illustrated on p. 152); HGC 2, 1306. Lightly toned, minor die wear, indications of undertype on obverse. VF.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell. Ltd. inventory 42853 (July 2004); A.D. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica O, 13 May 2004), lot 1386; Allotte de la Fuÿe Collection (Florange-Ciani, 17 February 1925), lot 118.
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