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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 142

Estimate: 7500 USD
Price realized: 13 000 USD
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SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 275-215 BC. AV Drachm – Hemistater (16.5mm, 4.25 g, 12h). Struck 218/7-215 BC. Head of Persephone left, wearing wreath of grain ears and necklace; hippocamp to right / Nike, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast biga left; AΠ monogram below, IEPΩNOΣ in exergue. Carroccio 41 (D11/R11); BAR Issue 55; HGC 2, 1539; SNG Fitzwilliam 1389 (same obv. die); BMC 514 (same dies); Gulbenkian 531 = Locker Lampson 108 (same dies); Hermitage Sale II 393 (same dies). Lustrous, small edge scuff. Choice EF.

From the Father & Son Collection. Ex Triton XXIII (14 January 2020), lot 145 (hammer $13,000).
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