Greek Silver and Bronze Coins
Lot 3241 SESSION 11 (9.30am Thursday 2nd April) Greek Silver and Bronze Coins
Estimate $800
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SICILY, Syracuse, (c.445 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.190 grams), obv. quadriga to right, Nike flying above crowning horses, rev. head of Artemis-Arethusa with hair enclosed in sackos, ornamented with meander and zig-zag pattern, around four dolphins, traces of **SURAKOSION* around, (cf.S.931, Boeh. 656 [V.331/R451] 12 noted, McClean 2688, Pozzi 594). Toned, broad obverse flan, nearly very fine and rare.
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