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Electronic Auction 516  18 May 2022
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Lot 6

Estimate: 200 USD
Price realized: 425 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron I. 478-466 BC. AR Obol (10.5mm, 0.59 g, 10h). Struck circa 470-466 BC. Head of Arethousa right, wearing olive wreath / Wheel of four spokes; ethnic within quarters. Sult pl. 1, 5–6; Boehringer Series XIIe, – (V207/R277E – unlisted die combination); HGC 2, 1372. Find patina, some roughness, slightly off center on obverse. VF. A rare obol from the famed Demareteion issue.

From the J. de Wilde Collection. Ex Herbert Cahn Collection (Numismatica Genevensis SA 7, 27 November 2012), lot 103 (part of).
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