Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Lot 2001 SESSION 11 (7.30PM WEDNESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER) Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Estimate $1,500
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SICILY, Syracuse, (c.485-478 B.C. revised date 467-461), silver tetradrachm, (16.95 g), obv. fast walking quadriga driven to right by bearded male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUP AKOSI ON* 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.914, Boehringer 332 same dies (obverse 164/reverse 232 dies, 9 others reported from the same dies). Lightly toned, very fine and very rare.
Ex Anthony (Tony) Taylor Collection.^Noble Numismatics Sale 123, lot 2989. Previously the George Mihailuk Collection, from Harry Larkin in the 1960s.
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Estimate $1,500
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