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Long Beach Signature Sale 3035 3-5 September 2014
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SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy. Ca. 466-405 BC. AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.08 gm, 8h). Struck ca. 460-450 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; driver being crowned by Nike fling left above; ketos in exergue / ΣVR-A-KOΣION, (some letters inverted and/or retrograde), head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer 435 (V232/R311). Randazzo 528 (same dies). HGC 2, 1310. Attractive old cabinet toning; a few surface marks. NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 3/5.
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD
SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy. Ca. 466-405 BC. AR tetradrachm (24mm, 17.08 gm, 8h). Struck ca. 460-450 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; driver being crowned by Nike fling left above; ketos in exergue / ΣVR-A-KOΣION, (some letters inverted and/or retrograde), head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl tainia; four dolphins around. Boehringer 435 (V232/R311). Randazzo 528 (same dies). HGC 2, 1310. Attractive old cabinet toning; a few surface marks. NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 3/5.
Estimate: 1200-1600 USD