Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3263 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $800
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $600
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.439-435 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.194 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying left crowning charioteer, rev. traces of **SUPAKOSION* around, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair tied up behind, traces of four dolphins around, (cf.S.933 [£1000], Boehringer 722 (same dies), Jameson 779 [same dies], BMC 109 [same dies]). Small flan, otherwise nearly very fine, scarce.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 72 (lot 3265). Boehringer noted 10 specimens from these dies, only a few in private collections.
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Estimate $800
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