Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3198 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $400
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.850 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SU*R**AKOSI ON around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 274 same dies [obverse 126/reverse 190 dies], SNG ANS -). Minor surface porosity, otherwise good fine and rare.
Ex Dr. Colin Burnside Collection, and previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 64 (lot 2193). Boehringer notes only 6 specimens from these dies.
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