Gemini, LLC
Auction 12 11 January 2015
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Sicily. Syracuse. c. 485-480 BC. Tetradrachm, 17.12g (6h). Obv: Slow quadriga driven right by charioteer in long chiton; above, Nike flying right to crown horses. Rx: ΣVPΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ Head of Arethusa right with dotted neck truncation, wearing necklace and beaded fillet; four dolphins around. Boehringer 45 (V26/R29). Minor marks on both obverse and reverse. Toned About EF
Ex Gorny & Mosch 180, 12 October 2009, lot 41. Ex Hess-Divo 310, 22 October 2008, lot 30. Ex NFA 9, 10 December 1980, lot 69a
One of the earliest issues struck under the tyrant Gelon I, according to C. Arnold-Biucchi, NACQT 36 (2007), pp. 65 f. When asked by Syracusan oligarchs to remove their political opponents, Gelon, tyrant of Gela, did that and more: he also suppressed the oligarchs themselves, and set himself up as tyrant of Syracuse
Ex Gorny & Mosch 180, 12 October 2009, lot 41. Ex Hess-Divo 310, 22 October 2008, lot 30. Ex NFA 9, 10 December 1980, lot 69a
One of the earliest issues struck under the tyrant Gelon I, according to C. Arnold-Biucchi, NACQT 36 (2007), pp. 65 f. When asked by Syracusan oligarchs to remove their political opponents, Gelon, tyrant of Gela, did that and more: he also suppressed the oligarchs themselves, and set himself up as tyrant of Syracuse