Ancient Gold - Byzantine
Lot 1998 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, (17.43 g), obv. fast walking quadriga driven to right by bearded male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SUPAKO SION* around to right, larger head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, hair slightly waved and turned up behind under diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.915, Randazzo hoard same reverse die as 448 (a new reverse), Boehringer (obverse 125/reverse -). Lightly toned, very fine and very rare.
Ex Anthony (Tony) Taylor Collection.^Noble Numismatics Sale 123, lot 2988. Previously the George Mihailuk Collection, from Harry Larkin in the 1960s.
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Lot 1997
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Lot 1998 This lot
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.485-478 B.C. revised date 467-461), silver tetradrachm, (17.43 g), obv. fast walking quadriga ...
Estimate $1,500
Lot 1999
SICILY, Syracuse, (485-479 B.C.), silver tetradrachm (17.30 g), obv. slow quadriga driven right by male ...
Estimate $1,500
Lot 2000
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.485-478 B.C. revised date 467-461), silver tetradrachm, (16.23 g), obv. fast walking quadriga ...
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