Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXXAuction date: 21 March 2024
Lot number: 65

Price realized: 11,000 GBP   (Approx. 13,935 USD / 12,830 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Show similar lots on CoinArchives

Find similar lots in upcoming
auctions on
  NumisBids.com
Lot description:


Sicily, Syracuse AR Tetradrachm. Second Democracy, circa 460-450 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga to right; Nike above, flying to right, crowning horses with wreath; ketos swimming to right in exergue / Head of Arethusa to right, wearing earring, necklace and headband, her hair tied in a krobylos; ΣVRAKOΣION and four dolphins around. Boehringer 477 (V255/R342); Randazzo 535-6 (same dies); SNG München 1010 (same dies); cf. SNG ANS 144-53 (unlisted dies); HGC 2, 1311. 17.07g, 27mm, 8h.

Extremely Fine; attractively toned with a splendid portrait struck in high relief.

From the David Freedman Collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXV, 22 September 2022, lot 125;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, Auction 24, 22 June 2016, lot 168.

Estimate: 10000 GBP