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E-Sale 103  24 Nov 2022
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Lot 1512

Estimate: 75 GBP
Price realized: 55 GBP
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Struck copy in Pewter after Carl Wilhelm Becker (1772-1830) by an unknown maker: Sicily, Syracuse AR Dekadrachm. Circa 405-400 BC. Charioteer driving galloping quadriga to left, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left; above, Nike flies to right, wreath in outstretched arms to crown charioteer; a panoply of arms is set on two steps: a cuirass, two greaves, and a Phrygian helmet / Head of the nymph Arethusa to left, her hair in an amphyx and open weave sakkos; ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ behind, four dolphins around. Cf. G.F. Hill, Becker the Counterfeiter, London 1979, 25 = W. G. Sayles, Classical Deception (Wisconsin, 2011), #139. 23.59g, 36mm, 3h.

Condition as seen.

From a private UK collection.
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