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Auction 118  13-14 Sep 2021
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Lot 72

Estimate: 2000 USD
Price realized: 2500 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Gelon I. 485-478 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 4.22 g, 4h). Struck circa 485-480 BC. Horseman riding right / Diademed head of Arethousa right. Boehringer Series IV, 54 (V29/R37); HGC 2, 1359; SNG ANS 12; SNG Copenhagen 616; SNG München 926 (photo switched with no. 980); Nanteuil 329; Pozzi 568; Weber 1570 (all from the same dies). Minor deposits, die break on reverse (on all genuine pieces). Good VF. Very rare, from the first issue of drachms at Syracuse.

From the BRN Collection. Ex Friend of a Scholar Collection (Classical Numismatic Review XLI.1, Spring 2016) no. 403398, purchased from Maison Platt, November 1984.
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