| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 68 Price realized: 2,400 GBP (Approx. 3,040 USD / 2,799 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 AR Tetradrachm. Time of the Second Democracy, circa 415-405 BC. Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand and reins in both, driving fast quadriga to left; Nike above, flying to right, crowning charioteer with open wreath; grain ear in exergue / Diademed head of Arethusa to right, wearing earring and necklace, hair in ampyx and sphendone; ΣYPAKOΣION and four dolphins around. Tudeer 63 (V22/R41); Fischer-Bossert 63 (V22/R41); SNG ANS 281; Rizzo pl. XLVII, 10 (same dies); BMC 221 (same dies); Boston MFA 414 = Warren 382 (same dies); Gulbenkian 285 (same dies); Jameson 108 (same dies); HGC 2, 1339. 16.85g, 27mm, 3h. Very Fine; from dies of magnificent style, bright and lustrous metal. Rare. Ex David Redman Collection, Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 69, collector's ticket included (hammer: GBP 2,400); Ex Nomos AG, obolos 6, 20 November 2016, lot 210; Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein, Auction 5, 16 October 1979, 106. Estimate: 2000 GBP |  |
