305, Lot: 463. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I. 405-367 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.19 g, 6h).
By Robert Ready. After an issue signed by Kimon, circa 405-395 BC. Head of Arethusa facing slightly left, wearing ampyx signed [KIMΩN], earring and necklace; four dolphins swimming among tresses of hair; APEΘOΣA in obverse margin / ΣYPAK–OΣIΩN, charioteer, his head turned back, holding goad and reins, driving fast quadriga left; above, Nike advancing right, stepping on the heads of two horses, holding wreath with which she is about to crown charioteer; fallen column below horses, grain ear in exergue. Edge stamped “R R” for Robert Ready (1811-1901), electrotypist at the British Museum. Head,
Guide p. 51, 30. For original, see BMC 208. Good VF.