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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 92

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 20 000 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.15 g, 12h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and 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, hoop with single-pendant earring and necklace; ΣVR-AKO-ΣIO-И (R inverted) and four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIIa, 294 (V140/R203); HGC 2, 1307; SNG ANS 96 (same rev. die). Lightly toned, patches of find patina. EF.

Ex Molard Collection (Nomos 15, 22 October 2017), lot 28 (hammer 8000 CHF); H.K. Collection, purchased from Tradart, 2009.
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