Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1736 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $2,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,900
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.450-440 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.156 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer holding kentron in right hand and reins in both hands, Nike flying right crowning horses, ketos in exergue, rev. **SU*R**AKOSI ON* around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair rolled and tucked under diadem, wearing necklace, four dolphins clockwise around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 559 same dies [obverse 283/reverse 385 these dies], SNG ANS -, ACNAC Dewing 807 [same dies]). Toned good very fine and rare.
Ex The Triton III Sale, New York, November 30, 1999 (lot 265). $$ Boehringer notes only 4 specimens from these dies.
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