Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 1638 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $1,700
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SOLD $1,800
SICILY, Syracuse, (c.478-472 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (17.230 grams), obv. slow quadriga driven to right by male charioteer, Nike flying right crowning horses, rev. **SU*R**A K OSI ON around to right, head of Artemis-Arethusa to right, diadem of beads, four dolphins around, (cf.S.914, Boehringer 251 same dies [obverse 114/reverse 171], dies not in SNG ANS). Very fine and a very rare die combination.
Ex Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection with his ticket. $$ Boehringer notes only 3 specimens from these dies.
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