Syracuse, Sicily

Sicily, Syracuse, pedigreed to 1975

AR Tetradrachm, 17.29g. 24mm.  c.480-475 B.C.  Charioteer driving quadriga to right; nike crowning lead horse with a wreath from above.  Rev.  Diademed head of Arethusa to right; four dolphins around; large die break behind head obscures one dolphin. Boehringer 266(dies).   Fine old collection toning and with some interesting archaic letter forms in the ethnic inscription for Syracuse.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Peus, Frankfurt, Auction 288, 1975, lot 93. 

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good Very Fine/Very Fine $2,750.

Sicily, Syracuse

AR  Litra, 0.52g. 9mm. c.485-466 B.C. Head of Arethusa to right wearing olive branch. Rev. Wheel with four spokes. Boehringer 392-407. Fine dark patina.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Giessener Münzhandlung, Munich, Auction 96, June 7, 1999, lot 57.

 

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Extremely Fine $1,500.

Sicily, Syracuse, ex: Leu 1998

AR Hemidrachm, 1.94g. 15mm.  Period of Timoleon, 344-317 B.C. 
Three-quarter head of Athena facing wearing a crested helmet.  Rev. Horseman riding to right; star and grain ear in field to left.  SNG ANS 522.  SNG Lloyd 1450. Toned.

Provenance/Pedigree
Ex: Leu Numismatik, Zurich, Auction 74, 1998, lot 109.

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Very Fine $1,500.