1 Tetradrachm (sold for $2000.0)

1 Tetradrachm Ancient Greece (1100BC-330) Silver

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ANCIENT COINS. GREEK COINS. Sicily, Syracuse (second Democracy, 466-405 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 17.35g, 4h. Struck c.420-415 B.C.Charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron and the reins, driving a slow quadriga right, Nike flies above to right to crown the horses, grasshopper to right in the exergue. Rev. ΣYPAK[OΣI]ON , head of Arethusa facing right, her hair in a sakkos, four dolphins swimming around (Boehringer -, cf 727-728 (V360/R495); Rizzo pl. XL, 17 (this reverse die); McClean 2682, pl. 94, 3 (this reverse die); Jameson 781 (this reverse die); Pozzi 590 (this reverse die)).Of confident and attractive style, toned, very fine.A very rare die combination, not recorded by Boehringer. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, Volume XCI, Number 6, London, July 1983, 4535 US$ 2,000

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This item has been sold for $2000.0 / 2014-01-08

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