Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28 | Auction date: 9 December 2023 |
Lot number: 633 Price realized: 550 CHF (Approx. 625 USD / 581 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: SICILY. Syracuse. Second Democracy, 466-405 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 23 mm, 17.07 g, 9 h), reverse die signed by the unknown master 'A', circa 425-420. Charioteer driving quadriga walking to right, holding kentron in his right hand and reins in his left; above, Nike flying left to crown the charioteer. Rev. ΣΥΡΑΚΟ[ΣΙΟ]Ν Head of Arethusa to right, her hair in a sakkos and an ampyx, bound with an olive-wreath and a double decorated fillet, wearing a double spiral earring and a simple necklace with a lion's head; on her neck, A; around, four dolphins swimming right. Boehringer 706 (V346/R480). SNG ANS 238 (same dies). Struck on a slightly short flan and with some roughness, otherwise, about very fine. From the T. Frisbie Collection, ex Freeman & Sear 8, 5 February 2003, 61. Starting price: 100 CHF |