Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 2051 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $600
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SICILY, Syracuse, (c.435 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.845 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPAKOSION around, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair tied up behind, four dolphins around, (cf.S.933 [£1000], Boehringer 727 (same dies), SNG Ash.1991 (same dies), SNG Munich 1045 (same dies). Porous flan, otherwise nearly very fine, scarce.
Boehringer note 20 specimens from these dies, only a few in private collections.
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