Lot 3233

Sale 66 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Description

Sicily, Syracuse, Time of Hiketas, (287-278 B.C.), gold drachm, (4.238 grams), obv. head of Persephone to left, hair rolled and wreathed with corn, bee behind, **SURAKOSIW[N]* around, rev. galloping biga driven to the right by Nike, crescent above, **Q* below, **EPIKETA* in exergue, (S.978 [£900], SNG Munich 1292, SNG Klagenfurt 523, not in ANS or Copenhagen). Attractive very fine and rare.

Estimate
$2,500
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$3,150