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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.26 g, 10h). Struck circa 460-450 BC. Good VF.
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Triton XXVIII
Live bidding began Jan 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
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SICILY, Syracuse. Second Democracy. 466-405 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.26 g, 10h). Struck circa 460-450 BC. Charioteer, wearing long chiton, driving slow quadriga right, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both; above, Nike, wearing long chiton, flying left, crowning charioteer with open wreath held in both hands; in exergue, ketos right / Head of Arethousa right, hair rolled in thin tainia, wearing single-pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΣVRAKOΣION to right, four dolphins around. Boehringer Series XIVb, 498 (V263/R353); HGC 2, 1312 (this coin illustrated); SNG ANS 158 (same obv. die); BMC 87 (same dies); de Luynes 1177 (same dies); Prospero 165 (this coin). Beautiful old collection tone, with some blue iridescence around the devices, minor marks, scrapes and marks around edge. Good VF.
Ex Roma IX (22 March 2015), lot 116; Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 165; Lanz 46 (28 November 1988), lot 67.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session One – Lot 1–287 will be held Tuesday morning, 14 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
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Ex Roma IX (22 March 2015), lot 116; Prospero Collection (New York Sale XXVII, 4 January 2012), lot 165; Lanz 46 (28 November 1988), lot 67.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session One – Lot 1–287 will be held Tuesday morning, 14 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
