Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Lot 2003 SESSION 11 (7.30PM WEDNESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER) Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Estimate $4,000
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SICILY, Syracuse, Deinomenid Tyranny, (c.485-466 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (18.35 g), struck under Gelon, c.478-475 B.C., obv. quadriga driven to right by bearded male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPAKOSION* around, head of Arethusa to right, hair slightly waved and turned up behind under diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.913, Boehringer series IXa-X, - [unlisted dies], HGC 2, 1306). Lightly toned, slightly double struck, well centred, good very fine and very rare with unpublished dies.
Ex Anthony (Tony) Taylor Collection. ^CNG Auction 112, lot 86. Previously Kunker 153 (14 March 2009), lot 8155.^This rare type is not present in the Comiso, Ognina, Randazzo, or Selinute hoards.
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Estimate $4,000
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