ANCIENT GREEK COINS
SICILY | Syracuse

Sotheby, Apr 20 1909 (Hobart Smith)

Lot 58 AR Tetradrachm, 17.23g

FROM THE AUCTION CATALOG

House Sotheby, London, Great Britain
Date April 20th, 1909
Lot 58
Description Syracuse, time of Hieron I, AR Tetradrachm, wt. 266 grs., SYRAKOSION, Female head to right, of fine transitional style, wearing diadem of beads, earring and necklace, four dolphins in field around; R Slow quadriga to right, Nike crowning horses; in exergue pistrix to right (Du Chastel, 25), a very fine coin, obv. struck from a fractured die
Issuer Sicil. | Syracuse
Metal AR (Silver)
Denomination Tetradrachm
Weight 17.23g
Estimate
Sold £6-0-0
Currency £ s. d.
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rNumis notes: 266 grains. To Spink

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