Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 3620 Session 12 (11.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $800
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.439-435 B.C. Boehringer, but now believed to be c.420 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.34 gm), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer with goad, Nike flying left crowning rider, rev. **SUPAKO[SION]* around, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair tied up behind in sphendone, four dolphins around, (cf.S.933, Boehringer 722.6 (This Coin, obv. 355, rev. 493), SNG ANS 244 (same dies), BMC 109 [same dies], Jameson 779 [same dies]). Very dark tone, very fine, very rare.
Ex C.S. Bement Collection, sold in Lucerne Switzerland, Naville & Co, Sale VI, 28th January 1924 (lot 482 illustrated and realised 340 SFr.) and Noble Numismatics Sale 78 (lot 4941) and Sale 58 (lot 3476). An issue of very fine style. Boehringer records only 10 specimens from these dies, with only a few in private collections. This example is number 6 in his corpus.
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Lot 3618
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.445 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.20 gm), obv. quadriga to right, Nike flying above ...
Estimate $1,000
Lot 3619
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.450-439 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.62 gm), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by ...
Estimate $1,200
Lot 3620 This lot
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.439-435 B.C. Boehringer, but now believed to be c.420 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.34 ...
Estimate $1,500
Lot 3621
SICILY, Syracuse, Kingdom of, Agathokles, (317-289 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (16.45 gm), obv. head of Artemis-Arethusa ...
Estimate $3,000
Lot 3622
SICILY, Syracuse, time of Hieron II, (275-216 B.C.), AE 19, (5.28 grams), obv. Head of ...
Estimate $100