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Artistic Reverse Die

CNG 87, Lot: 227. Estimate $10000.
Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.33 g, 1h). Struck circa 466-460 BC. Charioteer driving quadriga right; above, Nike flying left, crowning charioteer; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethusa right, hair in thin band; four dolphins around. Boehringer series XIVb, 499 (V263/R356); SNG ANS 158; BMC 80; Jameson 762 (all from the same dies). Near EF, light gray toning with hues of gold. Struck from artistic reverse die.


Ex Classical Numismatic Group 75 (23 May 2007), lot 77.