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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 132

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 7500 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.29 g, 6h). Unsigned dies in the style of Eukleidas. Struck circa 400/395-390 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike flying right, crowning charioteer with wreath held in both hands; in exergue, dolphin left, its dorsal fin breaking the exergual line / Head of Arethousa left, hair in broad band and welling upwards in wavy locks, wearing double hoop earring and linear necklace; [ΣY-PA-K-O-ΣI-Ω]-N and four dolphins around. Fischer-Bossert, Coins 103 (O35/R70); Tudeer 103; HGC 2, 1345; Hirsch 613 (same dies); Hunterian 62 (same dies); de Luynes 1231 (same dies); Morgan 149 (same dies). Toned. Good VF. Struck from artistic dies.

From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 120 (6 October 2020), lot 287.
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