Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 3197 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $750
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $500
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.964 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SU*R**A K OS IO N around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 197 same dies [obverse 88/reverse 136 dies], SNG ANS 63 [same dies]). Good fine and a very rare die combination.
Ex Dr. Colin Burnside Collection, and previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 66 (lot 3272). Boehringer notes only 2 specimens from these dies.
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