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Lot 1786       Greek Silver & Bronze

Estimate $1,300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $1,550

SICILY, Syracuse, (c.480-475 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.17 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying left crowning charioteer, rev. **SUPAKOSION around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair slightly waved and turned up behind under diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.913, Boehringer 156 same dies (obverse 70/reverse 108 dies), SNG ANS 44 [same dies]). Scratches on the exergue line on the obverse, reverse with attractive full portrait of Artemis-Arethusa, otherwise nearly extremely fine and very rare.

Boehringer notes only 1 specimen from these dies and this in the Berlin collection, however another appears in the collection of the American Numismatic Society. This is probably only the third known specimen.

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