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Triton XXV  11-12 Jan 2022
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Lot 95

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 15 000 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.02 g, 1h). Struck circa 450 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; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia, hoop earring with small pendant, and pearl necklace; ΣVRAKOΣ-I-ON and four dolphins swimming around. Boehringer Series XV, 515.7 (V270/R366 – this coin); HGC 2, 1311; BMC 83 (same dies); Bement 468 (same dies); Jameson 765 (same dies); de Luynes 1174 (same dies); McClean 2660 (same dies); Pozzi 578 (same dies). Toned, traces of find patina, a few light marks and scratches. Good VF.

From the Pythagoras Collection. Ex Tom Virzi Collection (J. Hirsch XXXII, 14 November 1912), lot 189.
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