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From the Collections of Niggeler, Jameson, and Evans

271, Lot: 8. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $27500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Syracuse. Hieron II. 478-466 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 4.31 g, 11h). Struck circa 475-470 BC. Horseman riding right / Head of Arethusa right, wearing pearl diadem and necklace; ΣVRAKOΣI-O-N around; all within incuse circle. Boehringer 357.3 (V177/R250 [this coin, illustrated]) = Jameson 749 (this coin); SNG ANS 114 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd 1299 (same dies); Weber 1572 (same dies). EF, attractive old cabinet toning. Rare and of fine style.


Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 225; Münzen und Medaillen AG 68 (15 April 1986), lot 148; Walter Niggeler Collection (Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 3 December 1965), lot 145; Robert Jameson Collection, no. 749; Sir Arthur J. Evans Collection.