Noonans
Auction 263 13 Oct 2022
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Greek Coins from the Sir Gerard Clauson Collection
Greek Coinages, Sicily, Gela, Tetradrachm, 430-425, charioteer driving biga right, rev. forepart of man-headed bull right, goose below, 17.12g (SNG ANS 81); Leontini, Tetradrachm, c. 430, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. lion's head right, surrounded by three barley grains and one leaf, 17.07g (Boehringer 12.46, same dies); Syracuse, Second Democracy, Tetradrachm, c. 430, charioteer driving slow quadriga right, Nike flying above crowning horses with wreath, rev. συρακοσιον, head of Arethusa right, hair tied up in wide band, four dolphins around, 17.25g (Boehringer series XIX, 634 [V321/R436]) [3]. Tooled in fields, otherwise very fine, attractively toned £300-£400
Greek Coinages, Sicily, Gela, Tetradrachm, 430-425, charioteer driving biga right, rev. forepart of man-headed bull right, goose below, 17.12g (SNG ANS 81); Leontini, Tetradrachm, c. 430, laureate head of Apollo right, rev. lion's head right, surrounded by three barley grains and one leaf, 17.07g (Boehringer 12.46, same dies); Syracuse, Second Democracy, Tetradrachm, c. 430, charioteer driving slow quadriga right, Nike flying above crowning horses with wreath, rev. συρακοσιον, head of Arethusa right, hair tied up in wide band, four dolphins around, 17.25g (Boehringer series XIX, 634 [V321/R436]) [3]. Tooled in fields, otherwise very fine, attractively toned £300-£400