ANCIENT GREEK COINS
SICILY | Syracuse
Baldwins 75, Sep 26 2012
Lot 2158 AR Tetradrachm, 17.10g
ex Hirsch XXXII (1912), 214; Naville VI (1924), 475; Glendining (Oct 1987), 30
FROM THE AUCTION CATALOG
| House | A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd, London, Great Britain |
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| Date | September 26th, 2012 |
| Lot | 2158 |
| Description | ANCIENT COINS. A Selection of Syracuse Tetradrachms from an Old Collection. A Boehringer Plate Coin, from the Virzi Collection. Sicily, Syracuse (Second Democracy, 466-405 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, struck c.450-440 BC, charioteer, wearing a long chiton and holding a kentron and the reins, driving a slow quadriga right, Nike flies above to right to crown the horses, ketos to right in the exergue, rev Σ VRAKO Σ [I]ON , head of Arethusa facing right, her hair tied with a broad band, and wearing an earring and necklace, four dolphins swimming around, 17.10g, 3h (Boehringer 564 (V285/R379), 9, Tf. 21, this coin; SNG Lockett 941, these dies). |
| Issuer | SICILY | Syracuse |
| Metal | AR (Silver) |
| Denomination | Tetradrachm |
| Weight | 17.10g |
| Estimate | 2000 |
| Sold | 2400 |
| Currency | GBP |
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| Our Plate Scan | ARS_19210314_T018.jpg |
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SICILY | Syracuse
Baldwins 75, Sep 26 2012
Lot 2158 AR Tetradrachm, 17.10g