Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Lot 1999 SESSION 11 (7.30PM WEDNESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER) Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Estimate $1,500
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SICILY, Syracuse, (485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (17.30 g), obv. slow quadriga driven right by male charioteer holding goad, above, Nike flying right, crowning horses, dotted border, rev. medium size head of Artemis-Arethusa right, hair slightly waved and turned up behind, under a diadem of beads, four dolphins around, **S*V RA KO **SI O* N around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 316 [Dies obv.V153, rev. R222, 3 specimens noted], Randazzo 484 [p.71, Pl.18], SNG Munich 970 [Pl.29, same dies], only other known examples noted by Boehringer are Ratto and Feuardent sales). Toned, good very fine/very fine, centred and very rare.
Ex Anthony (Tony) Taylor Collection.^Noble Numismatics Sale 116, lot 4206. Previously the Dr. V.J.A. Flynn Collection and from Noble Numismatics Sale 107 (lot 3241).
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Lot 1997
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.485-478 B.C. revised date 467-461), silver tetradrachm, (16.97 g), obv. fast walking quadriga ...
Estimate $2,000
Lot 1998
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.485-478 B.C. revised date 467-461), silver tetradrachm, (17.43 g), obv. fast walking quadriga ...
Estimate $1,500
Lot 1999 This lot
SICILY, Syracuse, (485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (17.30 g), obv. slow quadriga driven right by male ...
Estimate $1,500
Lot 2000
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.485-478 B.C. revised date 467-461), silver tetradrachm, (16.23 g), obv. fast walking quadriga ...
Estimate $800
Lot 2001
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.485-478 B.C. revised date 467-461), silver tetradrachm, (16.95 g), obv. fast walking quadriga ...
Estimate $1,500