Silver & Bronze
Lot 2476 SESSION 12 (9.30AM THURSDAY 1ST AUG) Silver & Bronze
Estimate $2,500
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SICILY, Syracuse, (c.474-450 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.05 g), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning charioteer, rev. **SU*RAKO **S*I O N around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, wearing diadem, four dolphins (two clearly visible) around, (cf.S.925, Boehringer 564 [same dies obverse 285/reverse 379], 19 reported example in Boehringer). Well centred, attractive light tone, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 117, lot 4457. Previously the Brian Bolton Collection and from Noble Numismatics Sale 102 (lot 4130), also from the Robert Rossini Collection.
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