Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1795 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $2,000
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SOLD $2,000
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.808 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to left by male charioteer, Nike flying left crowning horses, rev. **SU*R**A KO S I O N around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.913, Boehringer 75 same dies [obverse 36/reverse 50 dies], BMC 22 [same dies]). Very fine with a large flan, a very rare die combination.
Boehringer notes only 3 specimens from these dies. The obverse to left very unusual and rare.
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