Chaponnière & Firmenich SA
Auction 15 21 May 2022
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GREECE. Sicily. Syracuse. Deinomenid Tyranny. Gelon I, 484-477 BC. Tetradrachm 485-480 BC. Obv. Bearded charioteer driving quadriga to left; above, Nike flying left to crown the horses. Rev. ΣVRΑ-ΚΟ-ΣΙ-ΟΝ. Diademed head of Arethusa right, her hair tied in a krobylos; four dolphins with wave-form decorations swimming clockwise around. Boehringer 76.8 (this coin); Jameson 747 (these dies); de Nanteuil 325 (these dies); Boston, MFA 341. AR. 17.05 g. XF-AU
Ex. Clarence S. Bement collection, Naville Auction 6, 28 January 1924, lot 456; Ex. Nomos Auction 5, 25 October 2011, lot 121;
Ex. Roma Numismatic Auction 4, 30 September 2012, lot 77.
Very rare, an interesting and attractive portrait of late Archaic style perfectly struck and centred.
Ex. Clarence S. Bement collection, Naville Auction 6, 28 January 1924, lot 456; Ex. Nomos Auction 5, 25 October 2011, lot 121;
Ex. Roma Numismatic Auction 4, 30 September 2012, lot 77.
Very rare, an interesting and attractive portrait of late Archaic style perfectly struck and centred.